Saint Nicholas Was a Wealthy Greek Bishop in Fourth-Century Asia Minor – Modern Turkey – Who Gave Secret Gifts of Gold to the Poor

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Saint Nicholas Was a Wealthy Greek Bishop in Fourth-Century Asia Minor – Modern Turkey – Who Gave Secret Gifts of Gold to the Poor

Monday, December 19, 2016 11 aint Nicholas’ Day is celebrated English Father Christmas character him, so he came up with another in much of continental Europe, to create the modern Santa Claus. plan. Swith many children receiving Through the centuries many The nobleman’s daughters gifts on this day rather than on stories and legends have been told washed their clothes and hung their Christmas Day. Saint Nicholas was of St. Nicholas’ life and deeds, stockings by the fireplace to dry. a wealthy Greek bishop in fourth- and these have been incorporated Saint Nicholas waited until dark century Asia Minor – modern-day in modern-day Christmas and then went to the house and Turkey – who gave secret gifts of celebrations. threw three bags of gold coins down gold to the poor. The St. Nicholas Center tells the chimney — a bag of coins fell Known in Dutch one story that led to the custom into each of the stockings. When as Sinterklaas, a of children hanging stockings in the daughters woke up corruption of which parents hide gold-wrapped the next morning, Sint-Nicolaas, chocolate coins. they found the he merged An impoverished nobleman, dowry in their with living in a peasant’s cottage, stockings. the was unable to provide a dowry for his three daughters. Saint Nicholas knew that the nobleman was too proud to accept money from Saint Nicholas was a wealthy Greek bishop in fourth-century Asia Minor – modern Turkey – who gave secret gifts of gold to the poor. Known in Dutch as Sinterklaas, a corruption of Sint-Nicolaas, he merged with the English Father Christmas character to create the modern Santa Claus 1939 Donner Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer created in Comet poem by Robert L. May. In 1949, May’s brother- Flying in-law Johnny Marks reindeer pull turns poem into song, Prancer Santa’s sleigh to made famous by help him deliver Gene Autry Blitzen Christmas gifts Dasher Cupid Vixen 1823 1863-86 1931-64 Dancer New York’s Troy Sentinel Thomas Nast, political Haddon newspaper publishes cartoonist of Harper’s Sundblom’s 17th Century Clement Clarke Moore’s Weekly, is first artist to illustrations AD 280 - AD 343 Dutch immigrants poem, A Visit From define Santa’s modern of red-coated Nicholas of Myra – bring stories of St. Nicholas (The Night image, as bearded, Santa Claus for later Saint Nicholas – Sinterklaas Before Christmas), plump, jolly man. His Coca-Cola’s revered as patron (Santa Claus) to featuring old man on 1881 illustration (above) Christmas adverts saint of children, New Amsterdam, reindeer-drawn sleigh attains status akin to remain most sailors and ships now New York who brings gifts to children official portrait popular image Sources: The History of Christmas.com, St. Nicholas Centre, New York Times, Coca-Cola Company © GRAPHIC NEWS.

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