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The fat guy in the fuzzy suit, part zwei.

So, in our last installment we discussed one of the versions of St. Nicholas, the Greek. The other version I alluded to says that St. Nicholas may have wound up in Germany and worked his way over to the Netherlands to become “Sinterklaas”. Flying reindeer might have had something to do with turn-of-the-century Byzantine travel…
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The fat guy in the fuzzy suit

So, Santa Claus, the fat guy in the fuzzy suit is often associated with St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was actually born in Greece, so this story goes. He grew up wealthy living a life of religious leisure in the Mediterranean coast town of Patra. Sounds pretty good so far. Many years after he died, the…
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Maybe I think too much

I’ve discovered that those who think they know about it talk the most while those that do know the most about it talk the least.
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Blanket of Green

The Sonoran desert is an amazing array of flora and fauna under normal circumstances. When a little extra moisture is added to the equation, magic happens. It starts with a blanket of Filaree and tiny lupine seedlings. This year it seems that everything is getting a head start. More moisture, more green. It’s such a…
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