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Thursday, December 29, 2011

St Nick, Kriss Kringle, Santa Claus?

Ruins of Myra, Turkey


Some of you have kept asking me this season about the identity of Santa Claus. Well, he's not Jesus Christ, for starters! Not even close.

But who really was Santa, historically?

Here's an article that delves into the history of this person but doesn't explain how the modern red-and-white jolly old fellow came about.

For that, you'll have to read up on American artist Thomas Nast of the 19th century.

Ho ho ho!

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