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History of Santa Claus: Saint or Elf?
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF SANTA CLAUS December 6 is “Saint Nicholas Day.” he name Santa Claus is a contraction of Saint Nicholas. The German name Sankt Nikolaus can be pronounced San’t(a) ni-KLOuse (sounding like house). Was he a man, myth, legend, or elf?
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Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF SANTA CLAUS December 6 is “Saint Nicholas Day.” The name Santa Claus is a kind of a contraction for Saint Nicholas. The German name Sankt Nikolaus can be pronounced San’t(a) ni-KLOuse (sounding like house.) Origin of St. Nicholas He was born in the late 3rd century, perhaps in A.D. 270. Nicholas became a bishop…
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