The Santa Claus Monument in Demre, Turkey.
"Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus!....A thousand years from now, Virgina, nay, ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." --Francis P. Church, the New York Sun, 1897 c.e.
"And a thousand years ago, nay, ten thousand, nay, a million years ago, Virginia, there was a Santa Claus, as well."--Ginger Strivelli, The Appalachian Pagan Alliance 2000 c.e.
Santa Claus painting by Myles Pinkney
