Who is St. Nicholas? The True Story Behind The Santa Claus?
Saint Nicholas of Myra also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of the ancient Greek city of Myra in Asia Minor, today known by a place called Demre, Turkey.He dedicated his life to serving God and was made Bishop of Myra while
still a young man. Bishop Nicholas became known throughout the land for his
generosity to those in need and his love for children
One of the stories tells about a poor man with three daughters. In those days a young woman's father had to offer prospective husbands something of value a dowry. The more the dowry, the better the chance of having a good husband. Mysteriously, on three different occasions, a bag of gold appeared in their home providing the needed dowries. The bags of gold, tossed through an open window,are said to have landed in stockings.The poor man got amazed by these incidents and decided to investigate the matter, so one day he caught St. Nicholas dropping the bag of gold, St. Nicholas requested the poor man not to disclose his name , as he explained the person that he only wished to help the poor man and his daughters. But somehow his name came out . After these incidents everyone used his name to help others and told that St. Nicholas has helped.
Some Weird Facts On Christmas
1) Many of us believes that Christmas is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus Christ but, according to the holy book Bible Jesus was not born in the time of winter.
2) Christmas came from the word "Cristes Maesse" meaning "mass of Christ".
3) When the candy cane was invented in Germany, it was made into a "J" shaped for Jesus . The red stripes symbolises his blood.
4) It is a tradition in japan to eat KFC fried chicken for Christmas and the order must be placed two months in advance, it is the most busiest time of year for restaurants such as KFC.
5) Jingle Bells was originally a song composed on the occasion of thanks giving in 1857. It was also the first song ever played in space by astronauts, however no one knows about the composer and singer of this song.
6) In 1980, the highest selling Christmas toy was a Rubik's cube
7) Did you know that Santa initially wore clothes that were blue and green in colour for many years but in 1930, Coca Cola company decided to dress him according to their brand colour therefore after this incident Santa was seen wearing red clothes.
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