Watch Fox News' Megyn Kelly claim Santa, like Jesus, is a white guy

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By Jon Terbush

last updated 8 January 2015

Santa Claus may not be real, but he sure as heck is white.

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About a decade ago, British forensic anthropologists produced this image of a dark-skinned, short-haired Jesus, considered to be one of the more accurate representations around. And Edward J. Blum, author of the book Color of Christ, which explored how different cultures throughout history have portrayed Jesus' skin color in their own image, explained in an interview with NPR last year that Jesus was probably "darkly complected, not pure black, more in a kind of light brownish."

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.

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