Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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At the time of the celebration of Christmas, there will usually figure who always comes up with a lot of prizes. Yep, he is Santa Claus. Santa Claus (in other languages are also known as Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy or Santa) is a figure in various cultures who tells about a man who gives gifts to the kids, especially on Christmas Day .

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Santa comes from a character in European folklore figure derived from Nicholas of Myra, was born about 280 AD Patara not far from Myra (Demre) in the country of Turkey. His father was an Arab named Epiphanius, while his mother was named Nonna. Nicholas was a bishop who gave gifts to the poor.

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While Santa Claus is a picture of a bishop of the Catholic Church, the Pope was not sure of the truth because in fact more or imaginary tales made about Santa Claus, and even mixed with different beliefs and cultures. In 1970 the Vatican to remove and crossed out the name of Santa Claus from the list of saints, but because of protests coming in, eventually the Vatican give leeway and freedom to choose whether Santa Claus, including a saint or not left to ourselves each, but Santa Claus is not formally included people are considered sacred anymore.

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Pope Paul VI ordered that the remains of Santa Claus just moved from Italy to America. It is expected the Europeans will be able to more quickly forget Santa. Precisely on December 5, 1972 the rest of the body has been moved to the church of Santa Claus Saint Nicolhas - Flushing - in New York.