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Real St. Nicholas

bgoodwin44
bgoodwin44
" Where Did The Real St. Nicholas Live " ?


A. In Holland


B. At The North Pole


C. In Turkey


D. In Germany
oceangypsy
oceangypsy
C. Turkey (But I still think of him as being from the North Pole) Just a kid at heart!
bgoodwin44
bgoodwin44
YES, Turkey - Is Correct
79pounds
79pounds
Santa Claus means Holy Claus, short for Ni-cholas. The word "santo" is "holy" in Latin as well as its descendent tongues, such as Spanish and Italian. St. Ni-cholas was born in the ancient city of Patara. As a youth he traveled to Palestine and later became Bishop of Myra. He was a holy man. He was imprisoned during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian and was later attendant at the First Council of Nicea in 325 a.d.

Legend says that St. Ni-cholas showed unusual kindness to the poor and the weak; oftentimes leaving things for them while they were asleep. In the Middle Ages he became patron saint of charitable fraternities, children, sailors, as well as patron saint of the City of Moscow, Russia and Greece. After the Reformation, the legend of St. Ni-cholas died out everywhere except in Holland. It migrated to the U.S. with Dutch Reformed Christians of Holland living in U.S.

St. Ni-cholas's red outfit was derived from the red colors bishops wear. The modern version of St. Nick originated in a series of Thomas Nast engravings, which appeared in Harper's Weekly between 1863 and 1886.
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