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The only difference between the two is that Santa can be verified false. Just travel to the North Pole and you will see he does not live there, hang out in a house with children and you will see the parents come down and lay out the presents, etc.
The various religions recognize this problem and deal with it by making god unverifiably true or false. They rely on vague notions of faith as the great answer to every question someone puts to them, and continually harp on the fact that "you can't prove god doesn't exist." Well, were the Santa Claus myth constructed in the same way you wouldn't be able to prove he doesn't exist either.
Imagine a Santa Claus that doesn't exist as matter in the same world we do, but once every year he makes a special trip to the houses of only those children he wants to give presents. He is invisible, and knows everything. Although it may appear that the parents are the ones actually giving the presents, you must recognize that Santa works in mysterious ways and they are actually possessed by the Santa spirit.
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You know something, I don't think the sun even... exists... in this place. 'Cause I've been up for hours, and hours, and hours, and the night never ends here.
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