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What Ancestry

Marp — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:45:15 GMT

or heritage is Santa?

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VanSleepy — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:45:45 GMT

Pole-ish?

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foundinlv — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:47:32 GMT

@Marp wrote:
or heritage is Santa?

Are we going to get graded on our reply teach? It will require googling for the answer, I'm sure you know. Perhaps you can google it for us and then see where the fur flies.

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Alsee — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:50:29 GMT

Way North American

My little girl was told he assumes the nationality of the country he's in at the time. That's too "deep" for me!

Pole-ish works for me. Great answer!

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FLBB — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:53:43 GMT

North or South Poleish? Inquiring minds need to know.

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RoughDraft — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:59:12 GMT

Love that Pole-ish connection.

If we're talking about the original St. Nicholas, he was born in Asia Minor in the part of the Roman Empire that is now Turkey.

If we're talking about the North Pole, no nation owns it outright.

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DoneTryin — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:59:02 GMT

Whatever you want him to be. Santa is of the World.

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 01:59:08 GMT

Since this is a Santa thread:

Something to entertain the kids or grandkids on Christmas Eve: Bookmark it.

http://www.noradsanta.org/

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Lila Belle — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:02:06 GMT

Greek ? I think.

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occasionalrain — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:11:11 GMT

British, Father Christmas

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MacDUFF — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:15:06 GMT

Dutch...Sinterklaas

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Scooby Doo — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:30:06 GMT

Chinese..... because all the toys are made in China.

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Lila Belle — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:31:27 GMT

LOLOLOLOL !!!

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 03:10:13 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VeZBOCsUE

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Pearlee — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 03:23:08 GMT

Madison Avenue, so from the State of NY.in the USA

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Carriestp — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 03:36:02 GMT

@RoughDraft wrote:

If we're talking about the original St. Nicholas, he was born in Asia Minor in the part of the Roman Empire that is now Turkey.

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tedEbear — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 03:38:21 GMT

Jj@Marp---OT---Just wanted to say THANK YOU for your thread the other. You said things in a gentle way and was going to go to FB for VERY ANGRY RANT!!!!!!!!!!!! So again THANK YOU!!----tedEbear

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151949 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 03:46:20 GMT

Santa is loosely based on St Nicholas who was Turkish in real life. He was a priest who inherited a great deal of money but gave it all to the needy.

Back in those days when families were starving they would sell their daughters into slavery and there was a case where a farmer was about to do just that. On the last night at home the daughters washed their dresses and socks and hung them to dry in front of a window and went to sleep. During the night St Nick filled their socks with gold so then they did not have to be sold.So the tradition of the stockings being filled at Christmas started, and father nicholas became St Nicholas.

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traveler — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 04:04:09 GMT

When we lived in Germany we took the kids to St. Nick to sit on his lap. Purple robes. Dec 6 ,(going on old memry here) they put their shoes out for treats. In France it was Pere Noel.

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JustJazzmom — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 04:21:44 GMT