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I mean, who the heck else is going to work that late on Christmas Eve??
MADem
(135,425 posts)Which makes him one of them thar "swarthy" fellers....!
for the irony impaired....
But really, the dude is Turkish...
Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅ???? ???ό????, Hagios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus, Bulgarian: Св. Николай ; (15 March 270 6 December 343),[3][4] also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek[5] Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (???ό???? ὁ ??????????ό?, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos". His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints.[6] In 1087, part of the relics (about half of the bones) were furtively translated to Bari, in Apulia, Italy; for this reason, he is also known as Nikolaos of Bari. The remaining bones were taken to Venice in 1100. His feast day is the 6th of December.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
PCIntern
(25,526 posts)he'll flip out on me.
I used to have this lovely hygienist who was Turkish...brilliant, a great staff member and incidentally gorgeous. He was so pissed at me because I scheduled him with her...I was speechless.
MADem
(135,425 posts)The Turkish government doesn't help their case by denying any bad behavior with vigor; it's to the point where it's a bit embarrassing. I don't think they've ratcheted back their insistence that they are "misunderstood" and are being unfairly accused.
JVS
(61,935 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)The guy was probably of Greek extraction, but he lived in a town in what is now Turkey, so they get to claim him.
Gothmog
(145,126 posts)I probably saw Santa on Christmas day eating Chinese Food or at the movie
packman
(16,296 posts)Santa Claus and Jesus were/are Republicons. Makes you wonder, here's two socialist figures, one from fantasyland and the other from make-believe land who hand out gifts and just wants everyone to love each other and Megyn speculates on their skin color. If there is largess to be given and redemption to be earned, it is a white person who will do so not a black man in a white house . Typical conservative mind-set.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Silly kids believe it is blitzen.
Enjoy another potato latke!