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- Santa Claus is not in the Bible, and neither is Saint Nicholas; the only Nicolas in Scripture is Nicolas of Antioch, one of the seven chosen in Acts 6:5 so that the widows would not be neglected.
- Nicholas was bishop of Myra, in what is now southern Turkey, in the fourth century, and almost nothing else about him is historically certain.
- The oldest life of Nicholas, written around 700 by Michael the Archimandrite, tells how, before he became a bishop, he threw bags of gold through his poor neighbour’s window at night so that the man’s three daughters could marry, and made the father promise never to tell.
- Michael says Nicholas took care “not to trumpet his own charity”, which is very close to Jesus’ teaching on giving in secret in Matthew 6:2–4.
- Santa Claus took shape in New York, through Washington Irving (1809), “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (1823) and Thomas Nast’s drawings (1863–1886), and he wore red before Coca-Cola’s advertisements of 1931.
- In Spain and Mexico the children’s presents come on 6 January from the wise men of Matthew 2, who brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the child and whom those countries call the Three Kings, though Matthew neither calls them kings nor counts them.
- Christian writers disagree about Santa: John Piper objects to telling children he is real, while Trevin Wax and the St. Nicholas Center welcome him through the saint, and Focus on the Family leaves it to each family.
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- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version: Acts 6:1, 6:5; Matthew 6:2–4; 2 Corinthians 9:7; James 1:17; Matthew 2:11; Colossians 3:9. Romans 14:5 is quoted as Focus on the Family quotes it.
- Майкл Отт, «Святитель Николай Мирликийский», Католическая энциклопедия, том 11 (Нью-Йорк: Robert Appleton, 1911). https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11063b.htm
- Михаил Архимандрит, Житие святителя Николая, English translation at the St. Nicholas Center. https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/stories-legends/classic-sources/michael-the-archimandrite
- Йона Лендеринг, «Ранние свидетельства», Центр святителя Николая. https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/real-person/early-sources
- “Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia,” Lives of the Saints, 6 December, Orthodox Church in America. https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2025/12/06/103484-saint-nicholas-the-wonderworker-archbishop-of-myra-in-lycia
- “Saint Nicholas and the Origin of Santa Claus,” “FAQs” and “Father Christmas,” St. Nicholas Center. https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/origin-of-santa, https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/faqs and https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/origin-of-santa/father-christmas
- Charles W. Jones, “Knickerbocker Santa Claus,” The New-York Historical Society Quarterly 38, no. 4 (October 1954), at the St. Nicholas Center. https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas/origin-of-santa/knickerbocker
- “A Visit from St. Nicholas poem first published,” This Day in History, 23 December, History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-23/a-visit-from-st-nicholas-poem-first-published
- The Coca-Cola Company, “Haddon Sundblom and the Coca-Cola Santas.” https://www.coca-colacompany.com/about-us/history/haddon-sundblom-and-the-coca-cola-santas
- “Christmas in Spain: the traditions,” Spain.info (Turespaña). https://www.spain.info/en/top/christmas-traditions-spain/ ; “Día de Reyes 2025,” N+ (Mexico), 6 January 2025. https://www.nmas.com.mx/estilo-de-vida/receta-facil-rosca-de-reyes-magos-como-preparar-ahorrar-dinero-6-de-enero-2025
- The Chronography of 354, list of the martyrs’ days (Depositio Martyrum), transcribed by Roger Pearse at tertullian.org. https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronography_of_354_12_depositions_martyrs.htm
- John Piper, “What Should I Tell My Kids About Santa?” Ask Pastor John, episode 1288, Desiring God, 12 December 2018. https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/what-should-i-tell-my-kids-about-santa
- Trevin Wax, “I Love Santa,” The Gospel Coalition, November 2021. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/i-love-santa/
- Focus on the Family, «Санта-Клаус и другие рождественские традиции». https://www.focusonthefamily.com/family-qa/santa-claus-and-other-christmas-traditions/
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