Oh, my god! They Changed Santa! (You bastards?)
"I think this one is unnecessary," she says, pointing at the red Santa. "Visitors like the old statue more than this one of Noel Baba [the name Turks use for Santa Claus]."
The children of Demre have a curious relationship with their town's most famous son. Fatih Arpaci, 11, says that, unlike some of his friends, he does not expect gifts from Noel Baba.
"Well, he's a good man, but I don't believe he would bring gifts."
Why not?
"Because he's dead," the boy says.
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Infallible logic, my boy.
The children of Demre have a curious relationship with their town's most famous son. Fatih Arpaci, 11, says that, unlike some of his friends, he does not expect gifts from Noel Baba.
"Well, he's a good man, but I don't believe he would bring gifts."
Why not?
"Because he's dead," the boy says.
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Infallible logic, my boy.