Is Santa Claus real? While that’s a question many children ask around this time of year, it’s one that doesn’t have an easy answer.
Why? See, 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. Although little is known about him, Nicholas lived from the year 270 until his death in 343.
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