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QUIZ: How well do you know the real St. Nicholas?

by joel.abrams December 22, 2014

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There have been legends snowballing around St. Nicholas since the Middle Ages. Scholars look at most of them and say, “Ho-Ho-Ho.” Can you tell the truth from the fiction?

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