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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:35 AM
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Santa Claus statue row in Turkey
BBC

Residents of the Turkish province of Antalya have held a rally to denounce the removal of a statue of St Nicholas, commonly known as Santa Claus.

Local authorities replaced the statue of the saint holding a Bible with a plastic Santa Claus.

The statue was a donation from Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who has complained to the Turkish president.

St Nicholas lived in the town of Demre - then known as Myra - in Antalya in the 4th Century. He is believed to have performed miracles to help poor chidren.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4299057.stm
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-26-05 10:39 AM
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1. Wasn't this the same province where they protested...
...the replacement of the Crucifix in the town square with a sixteen-foot chocolate bunny?

What a bunch of crybabies!
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