Saint Nicholas

Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas is most popularly known around the world as Santa Claus. There are so many songs, movies and literary work on Santa Claus including some versions with Mrs. Claus. However we should all know that Santa Claus a.k.a Saint Nicholas was a Catholic priest and Bishop who lived in Myra which is in modern day Turkey.
Legend has it that Bishop Nicholas found out about a father of three daughters who was unable to marry them off because they were extremely poor and could not afford to pay the dowry. So he dropped a bag of gold for each daughter anonymously. That is how the tradition of Santa Claus delivering presents the night before Christmas began.
Saint Nicholas was full of zeal for the Church and her teachings and defended heresies of his time and suffered persecutions and imprisonment for his faith.
Saint Nicholas help us to be generous to those we meet today and prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ this Advent!
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