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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
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Francis X. Maier
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Whatever Happened to Saint Nicholas?
Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Imaginative Conservative
Thursday, December 7, 2023
How did a fourth-century, heretic-slapping bishop from Southern Turkey wind up being a fat, Coca-Cola-swigging American elf? It was from Pennsylvania that the St. Nicholas celebrations made their way to New York, and only after American Independence did the Netherlander Dutch in New York begin to remember Santa and celebrate their heritage.