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Where did the modern Santa Claus really come from?
Before the red suit, the North Pole, and the famous Christmas Eve delivery, there was St. Nicholas—a Mediterranean bishop whose story traveled across oceans, wars, printing presses, and storefront windows… until it became a national icon and a global winter tradition.

In this calm, late-night documentary-style narrative, we follow the invention of modern Santa as a living historical environment:
📜 migration and identity,
📰 the power of print and illustration,
🏙️ cities learning to “domesticate” Christmas,
🎖️ wartime symbolism and morale,
🛍️ department stores, mass media, and the rise of seasonal rituals,
📬 letters, bureaucracy, and why Santa became a system of hope.

This is not a biography. It’s the story of how an idea becomes infrastructure—how ordinary winter life becomes history

If you enjoy:

History Channel / Discovery-style storytelling, historical documentaries, cultural history, Christmas history, mythology vs reality — you’ll feel at home here.

AI Disclosure (Transparency)

This video was created with the help of AI: the script, images, and voiceover were generated using AI tools (with human direction, editing, and final assembly).

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