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SANTA: A LIFE
Book • 2007
Jeremy Seal follows the epic journey of Saint Nicholas, a Byzantine bishop from Myra in modern-day Turkey, whose acts of charity evolved him into the world's most enduring saint and Santa Claus.
Travelling from Turkey to Italy, Germany, the US, and Finland, Seal explores relics, cultural transformations, Crusader ports, and 20th-century advertising rebirths, weaving in his family's encounters with Santa in Lapland.
Travelling from Turkey to Italy, Germany, the US, and Finland, Seal explores relics, cultural transformations, Crusader ports, and 20th-century advertising rebirths, weaving in his family's encounters with Santa in Lapland.
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as a very worth reading book for anyone listening to this podcast.


Sam Dalrymple

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318. Heist of St Nicolas: Raiding Santa's Tomb (Part 1)
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when talking about the gingerbread cakes of St Nicholas.


Sam Dalrymple

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319. Heist of St Nicolas: The Medieval Mafia Who Stole Santa (Part 2)




