Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#christmas #santaclaus

Cask Theology's video-
youtube.com/watch?v=vwzv5PCBIz4

Ever wonder how an ancient Christian saint turned into a character so iconic he's almost eclipsed the actual reason for the season? On today's episode we look at how Saint Nicholas became Santa Claus! Sinterklaas and Odin make appearances too!

Chapters-
0:00 Introduction
0:52 History of Saint Nicholas
5:37 Sinter Klaas
6:32 Santa Claus
7:42 The Odin Misconception
9:29 Cask Theology's video

My sources are here-
stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas
biography.com/people/st-nicholas-204635
catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371
history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus
loc.gov/item/today-in-history/december-24
huffpost.com/entry/twas-the-night-before-christmas_n_801194

The History of New York-
gutenberg.org/files/13042/13042-h/13042-h.htm

ARTiculations' Ugly Christmas Sweater video-
youtube.com/watch?v=d-052lovWQM

Santa was quiet a history maker, here is OverlySarcasticProductions video about him-
youtube.com/watch?v=yNHv0D3Qv2w

Music from here-
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
"Gregorian Chant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Intro music-
"Intrepid" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Intro made by Al Muqaddimah- youtube.com/c/AlMuqaddimah

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