Archive for December, 2008

Nicholas of Myra or Saint Nicholas

Americans have made him into “Santa Claus,” but Saint Nicholas has a very different persona than the persona of Santa Claus that is prevalent in commercials, movies and folklore. He was not the plump man that is pictured to the left in this Netherland’s version of Sinterklaas. This picture does portray him in miter. 

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