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From Saint to Santa!
Get in the holiday spirit December 3, 7PM at the Woodbridge Main Library as Dr. Michael Norris walks us through the evolution of Santa!
Get in the holiday spirit December 3, 7PM at the Woodbridge Main Library as Dr. Michael Norris walks us through the evolution of Santa Claus in his talk, From Saint to Santa .
Through centuries of art, much of it now in East Coast museums, we'll explore how a Turkish bishop evolved into one of Christianity’s most beloved saints. Then in American artwork we'll see Nicholas change again—into Santa Claus.
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Mike got his BA in classics from the University of California at San Diego and his MA in classics and Ph.D. in art history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He spent twenty years at the Cloisters Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has lectured on trips all over the world. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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