But before we present the true story of "Santa Claus" let us list some of the other ... children who had been dismembered when he was the Bishop of Myra. Thus is derived his patronage of children.

An Italian church has apologized after a bishop told kids Santa wasn't real during an arts festival last week, Italian outlet Il Quotidiano del Sud reported. "No, Santa Claus does not exist.

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America's secular Santa Claus figure is known ... Nicholas was a fourth century Christian bishop from the Mediterranean port ...