THE MAN BEHIND THE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS/SANTA CLAUS

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THE MAN BEHIND THE STORY OF FATHER CHRISTMAS/SANTA CLAUS




St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century in a place called Myra in Asia Minor (Now called Turkey).
He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him with a lot of money. He was also a very kind man and had a reputation for helping the poor and giving secret gifts to people who needed it. There are several legends about St. Nicholas, although we don't know if any of them are true!
The most famous story about St. Nicholas tells how the custom of hanging up stockings to put presents in first started! It goes like this:
There was a poor man who had three daughters. The man was so poor that he did not have enough money for a dowry, so his daughters couldn't get married. One night, Nicholas secretly dropped a bag of gold down the chimney and into the house (This meant that the oldest daughter was then able to get married). The bag fell into a stocking that had been hung by the fire to dry! This was repeated later with the second daughter, Finally, determined to discover whoever the person is who had given him the money, the Father secretly hid by the fire every evening until he caught Nicholas dropping in a bag of Gold. Nicholas begged the man not to tell anyone what he had done, because he did not want to draw attention to himself. But soon the news spread and whenever anyone gets a secret gift, it was the thought of Nicholas that comes to their mind. Because of his kindness, Nicholas was made a Saint. St. Nicholas is not only the saint of children but also of sailors! One story tells of him helping some sailors that were caught in a dreadful storm off the coast of Turkey.
The storm was raging around them and all the men were terrified that their ship would sink beneath the giant waves. They urged St. Nicholas to help them, suddenly he was standing on the deck before them, he ordered the sea to be calm, the storm died away, and they were able to sail their ship safely to the port.
St. Nicholas was exiled from Myra and later put in prison during the persecution by the Emperor Diocletian, No one really know when he died, but it was on 6th December in either 345 or 352. In 1087, his bones were stolen from turkey by some Italian merchant sailors. The bones are now kept in the church named after him in Italian port of Bari. On St. Nicholas Feast day (6th December), the sailors of Bari still carry his statue from the cathedral out to the sea, so that he can bless the waters and so give them safe voyages throughout the year.

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