Since I've been posting on Advent, I thought I'd also examine the Christian History of Santa.  Most people know that Santa Claus also possesses the moniker: Saint Nic.  Yet does anyone know who St. Nicholas was? Well he was bearded, but he was hardly a pasty white northerner surrounded by snow and reindeer.  Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra in the 3rd and 4th centuries.  Now … [Read more...]