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Dec 23, 2019 32 min

213 Where Does Santa Claus Come From?

from The Weird History Podcast Hosted by Joe Streckert

Santa Claus is the result of cultural crossover and exchange. Historical and folkloric figures like St. Nicholas, Sinterklaas, and Father Christmas combined in various ways over several generations to create the English-speaking world’s most popular personification of Christmas. It was […]

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