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00:00Welcome back. Still in the spirits of Christmas. He's jolly, he's got a big beard, and he flies

00:06around the world in one night. But the Santa Claus we know today is a mash-up of history,

00:11advertising, and folklore. Let's uncover the true story of Saint Nick.

00:151. Saint Nicholas, the real-life hero. Our story begins not in the North Pole,

00:21but in the 3rd century in modern-day Turkey. Saint Nicholas was a bishop known for his

00:26incredible generosity, especially towards the poor and children. The most famous legend is that

00:31he secretly threw bags of gold coins down a chimney to help a poor man marry off his daughters.

00:37That's where the dropping gifts down the chimney idea comes from.

00:402. Sinterklaas, the Dutch connection. When Dutch immigrants came to America,

00:45they brought their tradition of Sinterklaas, pronounced Sinterklaas. This figure was based

00:50on Saint Nicholas, arriving on a steamboat, wearing a bishop's robes, and giving gifts

00:55on December 5th. This Dutch tradition is the direct ancestor of our American Santa Claus.

01:013. Washington Irving, and the night before Christmas. The image of Santa started to

01:06crystallize in the early 19th century. In 1809, Washington Irving, author of Rip Van Winkle,

01:12described a portly, pipe-smoking Saint Nicholas flying in a wagon. But the biggest shift came in 1823

01:18with Clement Clark Moore's poem, A Visit from Saint Nicholas, or The Night Before Christmas.

01:23This poem gave us the eight reindeer, the sleigh, the twinkling eyes, and the chubby and plump

01:29description that defined Santa for generations. For Coca-Cola didn't invent him, but a popular myth

01:36is that Coca-Cola invented Santa's red suit. Not true. Santa had been depicted in red and other

01:41colors for decades before. However, the iconic Coca-Cola advertisements by artist Haddon Sundblum,

01:47starting in the 1930s, largely popularized and standardized the warm, friendly, red-suited Santa

01:53we know globally today. 5. The North Pole Home. The idea of Santa living at the North Pole wasn't

02:00fully established until the late 19th century. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast often drew Santa

02:05living at the North Pole, creating a magical, distant workshop that captured the public's imagination

02:11and cemented Santa's permanent address. So from a Turkish bishop to a global icon, Santa's journey

02:17is truly magical. Subscribe to my YouTube channel because the more you know, the wiser you become.

02:23Join us next time for more amazing, interesting facts. See you.