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The real Santa: St. Nicholas
Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Santa Claus was once real in the form of Saint Nicholas. Before there were mall Santas and sidewalk Santas and lots of ho ho ho-ing, there was Nicholas, an early Christian bishop who hailed from the Greek maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor in what is present-day Turkey.