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Offline Notch

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Nicholas of Myra
« on: December 22, 2011, 05:12:50 PM »
This is a fantastic article by Ace Collins on the life of the "real" Santa, Saint Nicholas of Myra.

http://www.intouch.org/magazine/content/topic/nicholas_of_myra_giving_his_life
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Re: Nicholas of Myra
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 01:28:31 AM »
Great article.  Thanks for the post.

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Re: Nicholas of Myra
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2012, 04:31:09 PM »
Something that I did not know was the Nicholas of Myra was present at the first Council of Nicea.
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Re: Nicholas of Myra
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2012, 09:47:45 PM »
Really?  That is interesting. 
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Re: Nicholas of Myra
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2012, 10:13:00 AM »
So does that mean we can blame Santa for the flakes who say there are books missing from the bottle?
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