{"id":8151,"date":"2011-12-19T12:53:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2011-12-19T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T20:53:34","slug":"short-documentary-about-saint-nicholas-turkey-and-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2011\/12\/19\/short-documentary-about-saint-nicholas-turkey-and-santa-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Documentary About Saint Nicholas, Turkey and Santa Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis short documentary seems to be from the late 1940s or early 50s. It was produced by the Turkish Broadcasting and Tourism Department to explain the connection between Saint Nicholas of Myra, which is in present-day Turkey, and the modern conception of the gift-giving Santa Claus who lives at the North Pole.<\/p>\n
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This short documentary seems to be from the late 1940s or early 50s. It was produced by the Turkish Broadcasting and Tourism Department to explain the connection between Saint Nicholas of Myra, which is in present-day Turkey, and the modern conception of the gift-giving Santa Claus who lives at the North Pole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,1492,1314],"tags":[126,2224,1500,1567],"class_list":["post-8151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-christmas-2","category-documentary-film","tag-christmas","tag-saint-nicholas","tag-santa-clause","tag-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t