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Who was the real Father Christmas?

Leighton Woodhouse
Dec 24, 2022
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Merry Christmas Eve.

The original Santa Claus was either a Greek saint who brought slaughtered and pickled Turkish children back to life, or an indigenous Finnish shaman tripping on psychoactive mushrooms.

I wrote about the mythical origins of Santa Claus for Bari Weiss’ newly re-branded publication, The Free Press.

Check it out.

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