General Santa Claus grave found in Turkey

[touch]

Sarcophagus of 'real Santa Claus' found at St. Nicholas Church in Turkey

Excavations at St. Nicholas Church in Turkey uncovered a sarcophagus, possibly the tomb of Saint Nicholas who inspired the legend of Santa Claus

archaeologymag.com

 

[Lennybishop]

 

[Tom_Cody]

Will have to read that when I get time today. Growing up I went to parochial school and Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of the church & school.

Granted it's been decades since I've even thought about it, but I don't recall any mention of Turkey. IIRC, he was Greek and we should be right around his holy day, where we would have to put our shoes in the hallway and "gifts" would be left in them - usually an orange and some other items to teach the story of him providing gifts to orphanages.

Ultimately the Turkey piece could be completely true, as the church would move remains around as needed to establish a foothold to sell their wares.

 

[MountainMedic]

Wait... so your saying Santa is a freaking ghost?

 

[NiteProwleR]

Thats how his fatass gets through the chimney!

 

[Wanderluster]

Just watched an episode of Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates about the "real" Santa Claus. Was an interesting episode.

 

[Jamie999]

Will have to read that when I get time today. Growing up I went to parochial school and Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of the church & school.

Granted it's been decades since I've even thought about it, but I don't recall any mention of Turkey. IIRC, he was Greek and we should be right around his holy day, where we would have to put our shoes in the hallway and "gifts" would be left in them - usually an orange and some other items to teach the story of him providing gifts to orphanages.

Ultimately the Turkey piece could be completely true, as the church would move remains around as needed to establish a foothold to sell their wares.

The land that's Turkey was Greek then Roman Empire long before it was inhabited by any Turkic people.

 

[jason73]

Will have to read that when I get time today. Growing up I went to parochial school and Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of the church & school.

Granted it's been decades since I've even thought about it, but I don't recall any mention of Turkey. IIRC, he was Greek and we should be right around his holy day, where we would have to put our shoes in the hallway and "gifts" would be left in them - usually an orange and some other items to teach the story of him providing gifts to orphanages.

Ultimately the Turkey piece could be completely true, as the church would move remains around as needed to establish a foothold to sell their wares.

Turkey would have been referred to as Anatolia , Asia Minor , or Thrace in ancient times then Byzantium . it has only been called Turkey since 1923

 

[touch]

Interesting, never heard of Asia Minor or Thrace

 

[MountainMedic]

Interesting, never heard of Asia Minor or Thrace

Really?

 

[kvr28]

Just watched an episode of Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates about the "real" Santa Claus. Was an interesting episode.

He still making those? I loved that show.

 

[RussfromNH]

Fck Turkey

 

[fob]

I call bs, we all know Santa is black

 

[MountainMedic]

The Black Ghost of Xmas

Explains a couple things...

 

[touch]

Really?

Yes.

 

[MountainMedic]

Yes.

Interesting, all are names common to history and religious texts.
Not talking shit @touch I'm just honestly surprised.

 

[touch]

I didn't read a lot of historical or religious texts in English. Maybe there are some different terms in Russian

 

[Wanderluster]

He still making those? I loved that show.

Yep, most recent season started a few weeks back with the St. Nick one being a couple weeks back.