Scientists reveal the TRUE face of Santa Claus for the first time in almost 1,700 years The true face of the man that inspired Santa Claus can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years, after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull.
The true face of the man that inspired Santa Claus can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years, after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull.
Saint Nicholas of Myra was an early Christian saint whose reputation for gift-giving inspired the Dutch folk figure of Sinterklaas, later to become Santa Claus in the US.
We then traced the profile of the face using statistical projections'] He said: 'The skull has a very robust appearance, generating a strong face, as its dimensions on the horizontal axis are larger than average.
He said it was also 'curiously compatible' with the 'broad face' described in the 1823 poem, A Visit From St Nicholas, widely known as 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.
