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Comments on: Feast Of Saint Nicholas
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By: Bryan
https://whynow.dumka.us/2012/12/06/feast-of-saint-nicholas-5/comment-page-1/#comment-61311
Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:15:38 +0000http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=27859#comment-61311Well, Joulupukki is Finnish and was the model of the Coca Cola Santa Claus campaign as the graphic artist was a Finn.
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By: cookie jill
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Sun, 09 Dec 2012 09:20:07 +0000http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=27859#comment-61309Well…Santa Claus IS Finnish, of course. 😉
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By: Bryan
https://whynow.dumka.us/2012/12/06/feast-of-saint-nicholas-5/comment-page-1/#comment-61290
Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:46:16 +0000http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=27859#comment-61290In the case of the oligarchs, Jill, I think ‘fences’ would be more probable that pawn brokers.
He was a bishop and extremely wealthy, so the Santa Claus concept is not particularly applicable, Steve. He would have looked more like Aristotle Onassis than the guy quaffing a Coke or riding in a sleigh.
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By: Steve Bates
https://whynow.dumka.us/2012/12/06/feast-of-saint-nicholas-5/comment-page-1/#comment-61288
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:22:35 +0000http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=27859#comment-61288In that icon, Nicholas looks neither “jolly” nor “old.” Maybe it’s the medium…
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By: cookie jill
https://whynow.dumka.us/2012/12/06/feast-of-saint-nicholas-5/comment-page-1/#comment-61286
Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:04:42 +0000http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=27859#comment-61286Patron Saint of “pawnbrokers”…Love it. We’ve got quite a number of “retired” Russian oligarchs living here in Santa Barbara…they just might be pawning off some of their things in our “higher end” broker businesses. Might take a field trip today to see.
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