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\u2026 Every now and again I hear someone refer to Santa Claus as St. Nick. Santa and St. Nick are two very different individuals. Here, let me help you distinguish between the two. St. Nick aka St. Nicholas of Myra 1) An actual real live person 2) Celebrated and recognized saint in Catholicism and Orthodoxy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":15095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,83,5],"tags":[1011,1010],"class_list":["post-15092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bad-ass-saints","category-liturgical-year","category-my-religion-is-cooler-than-yours","tag-santa-claus","tag-st-nicholas"],"yoast_head":"\n
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