{"id":20933,"date":"2024-11-29T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T13:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:53:26","slug":"santa-claus-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/santa-claus-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Santa Claus in the Bible? No, He Grew Out of Saint Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Santa Claus is not in the Bible. He grew out of Saint Nicholas, a bishop of Myra, on the southern coast of what is now Turkey, in the fourth century. The name itself is a worn-down form of &quot;Saint Nicholas&quot;, and the red-suited Santa we know took his shape in New York in the nineteenth century. Look behind the shop windows, though, and you find a man worth meeting. The best-known story in the oldest life of Nicholas tells how\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Claus is not in the Bible. He grew out of Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop of Myra who gave in secret, by way of 19th-century New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[210],"series":[209],"class_list":["post-20933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","tag-christmas-series","series-christmas"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18847,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/nicholas-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":20933,"position":0},"title":"Is Nicholas in the Bible? Yes, Spelled Nicolas, in Acts 6","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"9 \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, in another spelling: Nicolas of Antioch, one of the seven chosen in Acts 6. 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