Where did our modern idea of Santa Claus originate from? In this episode, Aristidis Marousas explores the long history of how a man named Nicholas went from being a bishop, to a saint, to a globally recognized icon and legend of the Christmas season.
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Links
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus
- https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/spoiler-santa-claus-and-the-invention-of-childhood/421530/
- https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus#section_2
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-cartoonist-created-modern-image-santa-claus-union-propaganda-180971074/
- https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/news/definitive-history-of-santa-claus
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-sending-letter-santa-180957441/
- https://time.com/4147998/history-letters-to-santa-claus/
- https://mashable.com/2015/12/20/how-to-go-to-the-north-pole/
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