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Dec 10, 2020 · St. Nicholas. The story behind Santa goes back to the third century during the time of St. Nicholas, a monk, even though some sources state that he was a bishop.
Santa Claus in Department Stores. Macy's Store in New York claims to be the first store to have Santa visit them in 1861/1862. This was only a few years after the store was founded.
Dec 18, 2023 · The image of Santa Claus as we now see him came from Thomas Nast. He was an American painter born in Bavaria, Germany. Nast remembered that, when he was a little boy, a kind old man would give ...
Bishop St. Nicholas, early American St. Nick, & American Santa, from Santa Claus Comes to America, by Caroline Singer & Cyrus Baldridge, Alfred Knopf, 1942 "New Year's Hymn to St. Nicholas," colonial Dutch life, Albany, NY.
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Dec 24, 2020 · The figure of Santa Claus has been increasingly commercialized in the 20th and 21st centuries. But who was the real Santa Claus? Daniel L. Smith gives his take here. Daniel’s book on mid-19th century northern California is now available. Find our more here:
Dec 7, 2023 · 3 of 6 | . FILE - The 11th century Church of St. Nicholas is seen in in Demre, near Antalya, southern Turkey, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Turkish archaeologists believe they may have discovered the remains of St. Nicholas - from whom the legend of Santa Claus emerged - beneath a church at his birthplace in southern Turkey.
