Here is a surprising little fact you may not know about the real Santa Claus, St. Nicholas. St. Nick punched the heretic Arius in the face during the council of Nicea in 325 AD! Arius was asserting that Jesus was not God but only a prophet.
You can read about it in the following article…
So why do I share this with you? To encourage you to act violently against heretics? No! While St. Nicholas himself would not be proud of his actions against Arius, it is his zeal for the truth about who Christ is that is admirable. Jesus Christ is God, and God came to earth as a human, a baby in fact from the womb of Mary. This is the great mystery we celebrate at Christmas!
Pray for the intercession of St Nicholas, pray that you will have the faith to believe Jesus is God and that our world will see past the superficiality that often masks the true meaning of Christmas, that all will come to know and believe that Jesus is Lord!
Joe Mailhot
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