Was he one of the bishops who called people "heretics" and burnt them at the stake simply for wanting to read The Bible?
They’ll give anyone a keyboard these days, eh?
It is disputed whether he slapped him on the mouth, fed him a knuckle-sandwich, or boxed him on the ear, but one thing seems clear: Santa Claus most likely hit the heretic, Arius of Alexandria, during the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.See also The Historical St. Nick: Santa Claus Punched Me in the Face
-- from the thread Is Man to Become God? [St. Athanasius]
Bet you didn’t find any chocolate coins in your shoes this morning. :(