Question: who is the character of santa claus based on
[{'answer': 'Saint Nicholas', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 27, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 41, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Father Christmas', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 57, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 73, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Sinterklaas', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 532, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 543, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'Wodan', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 654, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 659, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'elements of the Germanic god Wodan'}, {'answer': 'the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas ( himself also based on Saint Nicholas )'}, {'answer': 'the historical Saint Nicholas ( a fourth - century Greek bishop and gift - giver of Myra )'}, {'answer': 'the British figure of Father Christmas'}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'start_character': 0, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_character': 778, 'bleu_score': 0.9394290340867161, 'meta': {'yes_no_answer': 'NONE', 'annotation_id': 8797150056301707905}, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'section': 'Section::::History.:20th century.\n', 'start_paragraph_id': 36, 'end_paragraph_id': 36, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['song by George Melachrino, "Mrs. Santa Claus", and the 1963 children\'s book "How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas",', 'song by George Melachrino, "Mrs. Santa Claus", and the 1963 children\'s book "How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas", by Phyllis McGinley, helped standardize and establish the character and role of Mrs. Claus in the popular imagination. Seabury Quinn\'s 1948 novel "Roads" draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa and the origins of Christmas. Other modern additions to the "story" of Santa include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 9th and lead reindeer immortalized in a Gene Autry song, written by a Montgomery Ward copywriter.', 'song by George Melachrino, "Mrs. Santa Claus", and the 1963 children\'s book "How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas", by Phyllis McGinley, helped standardize and establish the character and role of Mrs. Claus in the popular imagination. Seabury Quinn\'s 1948 novel "Roads" draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa and the origins of Christmas. Other modern additions to the "story" of Santa include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 9th and lead reindeer immortalized in a Gene Autry song, written by a Montgomery Ward copywriter.']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '18870028', 'title': 'Santa Claus: A Morality', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['Santa Claus: A Morality (or just Santa Claus) is a play written by 20th-century poet E. E. Cummings in 1946', 'Santa Claus: A Morality (or just Santa Claus) is a play written by 20th-century poet E. E. Cummings in 1946. The play is an allegorical Christmas tale consisting of one act of five scenes. In the play, Santa Claus deals with the increasing materialism and lust for knowledge around him and becomes consumed by it because of Death. However, the love Santa has for his family allows him to reject these things.', 'Santa Claus: A Morality (or just Santa Claus) is a play written by 20th-century poet E. E. Cummings in 1946. The play is an allegorical Christmas tale consisting of one act of five scenes. In the play, Santa Claus deals with the increasing materialism and lust for knowledge around him and becomes consumed by it because of Death. However, the love Santa has for his family allows him to reject these things.']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '8720252', 'title': 'Santa Claus', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 1, 'end_paragraph_id': 1, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa', 'Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas (a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra), the British figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of "Sinterklaas" (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the Germanic god Wodan, who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.', 'Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved children on the night of Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas (a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra), the British figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of "Sinterklaas" (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the Germanic god Wodan, who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer']}}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '520006', 'title': 'Sinterklaas', 'section': 'Section::::Sinterklaas as a source for Santa Claus.\n', 'start_paragraph_id': 101, 'end_paragraph_id': 101, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['up as Santa Claus. But was Irving the first to revive the Dutch folklore of Sinterklaas? In New York, two years earlier John Pintard published a pamphlet with illustrations of Alexander Anderson in which he calls for making Saint Nicholas the patron Saint of New York and starting a Sinterklaas tradition. He was apparently assisted by the Dutch because in his pamphlet he included an old Dutch Sinterklaas poem with an English translation. In the Dutch poem, Saint Nicholas is referred to as \'Sancta Claus\'. Ultimately, his initiative helped "Sinterklaas" to pop up as Santa Claus in the Christmas celebration, which returned freed of episcopal dignity and ties via England and later Germany to Europe again.', 'up as Santa Claus. But was Irving the first to revive the Dutch folklore of Sinterklaas? In New York, two years earlier John Pintard published a pamphlet with illustrations of Alexander Anderson in which he calls for making Saint Nicholas the patron Saint of New York and starting a Sinterklaas tradition. He was apparently assisted by the Dutch because in his pamphlet he included an old Dutch Sinterklaas poem with an English translation. In the Dutch poem, Saint Nicholas is referred to as \'Sancta Claus\'. Ultimately, his initiative helped "Sinterklaas" to pop up as Santa Claus in the Christmas celebration, which returned freed of episcopal dignity and ties via England and later Germany to Europe again.\rhighlight sentence(s) containing evidence, not only the answer']}}]}]