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Council of Nicaea

Most people know that Santa Claus is derived from St. Nicholas, an early Christian saint beloved for his kindness and generosity. What hardly anyone knows is that Nicholas acquired sainthood not by giving alms, but by performing a miracle that more or less amounted to breaking out of solitary confinment. George Pappas Sr., writing in Ohio’s Zanesville Times […]

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Santa Was in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

December 24, 2009

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