{"id":2138,"date":"2007-12-06T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/12\/jolly-old-st-nicholas-2.html"},"modified":"2007-12-06T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T14:34:00","slug":"jolly-old-st-nicholas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/12\/jolly-old-st-nicholas-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Jolly old St. Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since today is the feast of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stnicholascenter.org\/Brix?pageID=23\">the legendary saint<\/a> who is, in fact, Santa Claus, I thought you&#8217;d like to see how he is represented at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olacathedral.org\/\">Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels<\/a> in Los Angeles.  <\/p>\n<p>The tapestries that hang there are stunners, beautiful and realistic, and St. Nick is no exception.  <\/p>\n<p>Below is St. Nick, and California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ventanamonthly.com\/article.php?id=157&amp;IssueNum=14\">art curator Gerd Koch<\/a>, who served as his model:   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R1hPISy9sgI\/AAAAAAAABoI\/bmx2PsfHiJE\/s1600-h\/c5%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/R1hPISy9sgI\/AAAAAAAABoI\/bmx2PsfHiJE\/s400\/c5%5B1%5D.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olacathedral.org\/\">the cathedral&#8217;s website<\/a> to read more about the wonderful tapestries by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnava.com\/\">John Nava<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since today is the feast of the legendary saint who is, in fact, Santa Claus, I thought you&#8217;d like to see how he is represented at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. 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