{"id":664,"date":"2020-11-04T17:28:44","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=664"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:28:44","slug":"is-st-nick-really-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=664","title":{"rendered":"Is St. Nick Really Santa Claus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-1489x2048.jpg 1489w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-600x825.jpg 600w, https:\/\/santalove.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_73429252-scaled.jpg 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is Santa really St. Nicholas? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, maybe &#8211; or maybe not.  Santa doesn&#8217;t hail from any religion at all! Santa was made out of a combination of many different figures who tried to show kindness, wisdom, and build community strength. Some of these are Odin, Thor, Le Befana, Artemis, as well as Hagios Nikolaos &#8211; who became Saint Nicholas. But the next time you hear Santa Claus referred to as St. Nick, realize that they were NOT one and the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can learn more about how a bunch of different people and characters morphed into our understanding of Santa Claus in the book Re-Imagine Santa, which you can find on Amazon or at ORDER HERE at https:\/\/santalove.org\/?page_id=547<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Hagios had an interesting story that you can also learn more about here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/archaeologists-uncover-proofs-of-the-man-behind-the-legend-of-beloved-st-nick\/?fbclid=IwAR36ROr-S02gVDH4pbs8EaJgVdgPMSoNN9QoMicKM9dgM6Qulk60zWtPqb0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/archaeologists-uncover&#8230;\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/archaeologists-uncover-proofs-of-the-man-behind-the-legend-of-beloved-st-nick\/?fbclid=IwAR1WcndgAtsqhCnWMnQZ-b8VqLgVBNGgY-BsUYb7fHprt7W_aU-XnPRvRMs\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Santa really St. Nicholas? Well, maybe &#8211; or maybe not. Santa doesn&#8217;t hail from any religion at all! Santa was made out of a combination of many different figures who tried to show kindness, wisdom, and build community strength. Some of these are Odin, Thor, Le Befana, Artemis, as well as Hagios Nikolaos &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-664","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santalove.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}