About Saint Nicholas

Well I promised you that I’ll tell you about the other Jolly Saint who brings gifts on December 6! Here they celebrate Saint Nicholas (you know Saint Nick). All the little girls and boys clean their shoes and place them near the window and then they go to sleep! On the morning of December 6 they’ll find their shoes full of GIFTS! Oh yes they do, they do!!! Toys, candies, games! Really, really cool!
But you ask: Who is Saint Nick??? Well my humans say they know a little about him. Saint Nicholas was actually a real person and he was a bishop in Myra, a city in Turkey, at the beginning of fourth century. But how did he become known for bringing gifts? There are several references to the Saint and one of them is about three young sisters who were very, very poor; their parents were too poor that they did not have the money to help their daughters to get married. Because Bishop Nicholas was to shy and couldn’t give the money directly, he tossed a bag of gold into the poor house at night for the first sister to get married; when the second girl prepared to marry, she got a bag full of gold. When the third girl was ready to marry, her father wanted to know who was the mysterious person. He stayed and watched and saw the bishop when he dropped a bag of gold into the house through the window. When Nicholas realized that he has been seen he asked the father not to tell anyone, but soon everyone found out and every time when someone received an unexpected gift they said it’s from Saint Nicholas!
The Dutch veneration of 'Sinter Klaus' was brought to North America with the Dutch settlers and eventually became the story of Santa Claus that everyone knows.
Today Saint Nicholas is celebrated in Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Romania, Greece, Italy, Russia. Even the naughty children receive a willow switch or pieces of coal.
I was a good little boy so I’ll get really nice things… no willows or coals for me!
So I can’t wait 6 of December! Kisses everyone!!!

What's that??? What's that? I have to rescue those little guys stuck in there!

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