Welcome back to Something Strange, and happy holidays to all our listeners! Today we’ll be about the history of the Big Man himself, Jolly Old St. Nicholas!

Click here to listen to Dan Smith’s reading of “The Night Before Christmas.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJON57sU_nc

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of forced sex work, child death, mutilation of a corpse, cannibalism

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Resources:

• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: https://poets.org/poem/visit-st-nicholas

• St. Nicholas - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nicholas

• Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#

• Who is St. Nicholas? - St. Nicholas Center: https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas

• Lycia et Pamphylia - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycia_et_Pamphylia

• St. Nicholas Church, Demre - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre

• Historiae Ecclesiasticae Tripartitae Epitome - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiae_Ecclesiasticae_Tripartitae_Epitome

• St. Nicholas Day - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Nicholas-Day

• Santa Clause - History.com: https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus

• Santa Clause - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus