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THE TRUE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS

Nicholas was an actual person. Though he is the most popular saint in the calendar, not excepting St. Christopher and St. Francis, we know little about the man to whom so many lovely deeds, human and miraculous, have been ascribed. He was bishop of Myra, in Lycia, Asia Minor, in the first part of the fourth century of the Christian era. Asia Minor is far away from reindeer and Santa Claus, but the world of faith and fable is small and ideas travel far if they have centuries of time for their journey round the world. And Asia Minor is the cradle of all Christian ideas.

Other stories tell of Nicholas saving his people from famine, sparing the lives of those innocently accused, and much more. He did many kind and generous deeds in secret, expecting nothing in return. Within a century of his death he was celebrated as a saint. Today he is venerated in the East as wonder, or miracle worker and in the West as patron of a great variety of persons-children, mariners, bankers, pawn-brokers, scholars, orphans, laborers, travelers, merchants, judges, paupers, marriageable maidens, students, children, sailors, victims of judicial mistakes, captives, perfumers, even thieves and murderers!

Over the centuries the stories became legends and then myths and "creative" license were taken until we have the current day Santa!

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Where were you born: Los Angeles, C.A.

Favorite Food: Indian Fry Bread

What is currently playing on your I-pod: U2 - The Greatest Band in the History of Man

What do you want to be doing in 5 years: Saving the world and Surfing...at the same time.

What is your favorite Nateism: The goat one.

What is the most outrageous thing you have ever done: Ran through someone’s wall in a gorilla costume while being accompanied by a lil clown…accidentally?

Most prized possession: 1984 Brown Volvo Station Wagon With Lots of Stickers and a Novelty Horn

Heroes: Jesus and Santa Claus

Proudest Moment: Champion of 5^th grade spelling bee

Lon Chaney's great skill as a silent film actor came about as a result of his upbringing. Both of his parents were deaf-mutes, so he learned to communicate by expressive pantomime.

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg played a cameo role as the clerk who receives Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's money at the end of the Blues Brothers.

Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in the film, The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Both actors that have played 'Mr. Rourke' on the 'Fantasy Island' television programs have also played a villain on 'Star Trek'.

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