St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia “Muslimism”? Anyway, the real Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, which is in present-day Turkey. So it is not precisely true to say, as an Islamic supremacist spokesman says in this story, that Santa Claus has “nothing to do with our traditions and our … Continue reading Turkey: Muslim group launches anti-Santa campaign, claims celebrating Christmas “a blow dealt to Muslimism”