json_metadata | "{"app":"musing/1.1","appTags":["musing","connection","santa","claus"],"appCategory":"musing","appTitle":"What is the connection of Santa Claus to Jesus Christ?","appBody":"<p>The character of \"Santa Claus\" did not come from the Christ myth, there is no relation with the Christ myth, Santa had been a prist named Saint Nicholas hundreds of years ago. He was very kind. He was born in a village called 'Patara' near modern Turkey. It is said that Saint Nicholas had given all the properties available in succession to the poor and the oppressed. Saint Nicholas traveled from one place to another, one country to another, wherever he looked at someone in danger, he would help. Once upon a time, his popularity grew throughout Europe. Saint Nicholas got acquaintance as the best friend of the kids and the bad boy of all. In this way Saint Nicholas was once recognized as the most popular Saint in Europe. After Nicholas's death, the day of his death, ie December 6, is celebrated as a good day. His followers started celebrating this day in remembrance of St. Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was included in American culture at the end of the 1800s, ie 1773-1774. The Santa Claus name came from Nicholas's Dutch name \"Sinter Class\". Gradually, Nicholas started from Saint Nicholas as Santa Claus, in American society. In 1809, the famous author Washington Arwing wrote a story about the Sintre class in his book 'History of New York', which would later help Santa Claus to become popular in America. </p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"fkzwf2yyq","appParentAuthor":"savel","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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