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Good catch! You’re absolutely right that when Trump is inaugurated, he’ll be the second to serve non-consecutive terms after Cleveland. However, since Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet, Cleveland still holds that unique distinction (for now). I probably should have mentioned that for clarity-thanks for pointing it out! I’m glad to have such attentive viewers. 😊 I trust that you will keep me on my toes in the future. Thanks for watching and engaging with the video-it really means a lot! Hope to see you around the channel, and Happy New Year! 🎉

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Good catch! You’re absolutely right that when Trump is inaugurated, he’ll be the second to serve non-consecutive terms after Cleveland. However, I decided to leave it as-is since Trump has not been sworn in yet, which still makes the statement true for Cleveland(for now)! Should properbly have mentioned that. I am glad that I have attentive viewers! Thanks for watching and engaging with the video-I really appreciate it. 😊 Hope to see you around the channel, and Happy New Year! 🎉

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Thank you very much for your comment. I agree that St. Nicholas's tomb is indeed in what is now modern-day Turkey, specifically in the city of Demre. However, the bones of St. Nicholas were moved to Bari, Italy, in the 11th century during the Crusades. However, St. Nicholas was born in the 4th century in the city of Myra, which was part of the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire. He was Greek by heritage and lived long before the arrival of the Turks to the region, which only began in the 11th century. So while the tomb is in Turkey today, St. Nicholas himself was most likely Greek. Happy New Year to you!

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Thank you for your comment! You’ve raised some interesting points, but there are significant inaccuracies I’d like to address. Santa’s Residence in Finland The claim that Santa lives in Lapland, Finland, is a relatively modern addition to Santa lore, originating in 1927. It was popularized by Finnish radio broadcaster Markus Rautio, who stated that Santa’s workshop was on Korvatunturi. By this point, the idea that Santa lived at the North Pole had already been firmly established, thanks to Thomas Nast’s illustrations in Harper’s Weekly starting in the 1860s. The Danes say that Santa Claus lives in Greenland. The Candadian say that he lives in Canada, etc. So, attributing Santa’s original home to Finland as if it’s a historical fact is misleading. “Certainly Nothing to Do with St. Nicholas” It is frankly ridiculous to claim that Santa Claus has “certainly nothing to do with St. Nicholas.” The historical figure of Saint Nicholas(who is Greek, not Turkish) is one of the most direct and well-documented influences on Santa Claus. The traditions surrounding St. Nicholas, such as his generosity and his feast day on December 6th(Which Martin Luther changed to the 25th), were foundational to the development of the gift-giving figure who eventually evolved into Santa Claus. His name itself-“Santa Claus”-is derived from the Dutch “Sinterklaas,” which directly references St. Nicholas. Ignoring this connection erases one of the most crucial parts of Santa’s history. The Video’s Focus The entire point of my video is to explore how Santa Claus is an amalgamation of various cultural and historical influences, including Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas, both of whom I discuss in detail. It also emphasizes that Santa was not invented by Coca-Cola or Americans, as some myths suggest. Claiming that I “ignore 1,000 years of history” is unfounded-Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, and their roles in continental Europe and England are a major focus of the first part of the video. The Odin and Wolves Argument Your claim that Santa Claus derives from Odin and his “flying wolves” is speculative and unsupported. There is no historical evidence to suggest that Odin’s wolves were described as flying. While Odin’s eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, might have inspired aspects of Santa’s sleigh, linking these myths directly to Santa Claus is an oversimplification. Odin’s winter hunt and Yule traditions may have contributed some thematic elements, but they are far from the sole or even primary source of the modern Santa. "Americans just added the name Santa Claus." I don't even now where to begin with this one. As I mention in the video, Santa Claus’s modern form is a blend of influences: Saint Nicholas from Christian tradition, Father Christmas from English merriment, and cultural elements from Europe and America. The American contributions, such as Clement Clarke Moore’s A Visit from St. Nicholas and Thomas Nast’s illustrations, were significant in shaping the Santa we recognize today. Sure, they didn't invent him, but to say that Americans just "added the name" is just wrong. My video explicitly makes this nuanced point. And no I am not some American supremecist trying to steal Santa from Scandinavia. I am a guy from Scandinavia myself. I encourage you to watch the entire video if you haven’t already-it provides a balanced look at Santa’s rich and complex history. Happy new year to you!

@EasilyExplained. Your logic doesn't make sense. FIrstly it's based purely on semantics (Sinteerklaus = Santa Klaus) but Father Christmas and Kris Kringle were older names for Santa Klaus. Kriss Kringle IS the Christ Child (Christkindl) and the Christ Child is Jesus, not St Nicholas, so thus you cannot both claim that the name means he is St Nicholas AND accept that Kriss Kringle and Father Christmas are synonyms for Santa Claus. Secondly, there is a principle in logic that what comes after cannot change what went before. For over a hundred years before Americans started calling Santa Santa, Europeans were calling him Father Christmas and Papa Noel, both of whom were associated with Christmas rather than St Nicholas Day. These very same countries had St Nicholas Day and knew who he was. Thus it cannot be that he was based on St Nicholas despite the very cultures where he came from not associating him with St Nicholas or St Nicholas with Christmas. Thirdly, you claim the Odin claim is speculative and there's no evidence for it. Actually there's a lot of evidence, you just choose not to believe it exists (known as being wilfully ignorant) rather than discussing what evidence exists (which you can't do because you don't know about it). The evidence is the geographical spread of these beliefs in the 12th to 17th century, and the evolution of pictures showing Odin and Father Christmas (or Santa Claus as you Americans started calling him after arriving at the party 800 years after it started). You're clearly not a historian of Father Christmas, you're just another arrogant American RUclipsr spreading false information so he can make money pretending to be an expert. Let me guess, New York is named after the famous song by Frank Sinatra too? Stop using semantic arguments and dressing them up as history.

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