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The history of Santa Claus dates back as early as A.D. 280 near modernday<br />
Turkey. History.com reports of a much-admired man, St. Nicholas, who<br />
spent his life helping the poor and sick. Legend has it he gave away all his<br />
inherited wealth. He even saved three destitute sisters from slavery or prostitution<br />
when he funded their dowry for marriage.<br />
The legend of St. Nicholas crossed the pond in the 1700s when a New<br />
York newspaper reported that groups of Dutch families gathered to honor<br />
the anniversary of his death. St. Nicholas’s nickname, Sinter Klaas, is a<br />
shorted form of Sint Nikolass which is Dutch for Saint Nicholas.<br />
Santa Claus had arrived.<br />
a learning<br />
community<br />
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but<br />
in an abundance of counselors there is safety.<br />
Proverbs 11:14<br />
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