I found this little "history" of Santa Claus on the web. Is it an old story or is it of more recent vintage? The original Saint Nicholas was from Turkey, was he not? Where does this story seem to be located?

--Baloo

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"There are some upon this earth of yours, who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."
-- The Ghost of Christmas Present (A Christmas Carol -- Charles Dickens)
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