Santa Claus’ finger bone in Battle Abbey’s medieval inventory

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© Leon Neal/Getty Images The ruins of Battle Abbey, the widely accepted location of the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Santa Claus’ finger bone and a piece of the manger that served as Christ’s crib were among the relics gifted to an English monastery, a new analysis of a medieval manuscript has revealed.

Michael Carter, a historian at English Heritage, an organization that manages more than 400 historic buildings, found the objects listed on a 580-year-old inventory for Battle Abbey in Sussex, southeast England. msn.com

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