# Why should Santa be regarded differently than God?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-santa-be-regarded-differently-than-god/827442>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-santa-be-regarded-differently-than-god/827442 "2019-01-09T02:20:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-santa-be-regarded-differently-than-god/827442/261 "2019-02-04T02:52:05Z")

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Unlike God, Santa is real. But Santa is dead. He’s been dead for a really long time.

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