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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Santa Clause

Merry Christmas
Santa clause was probably inspired by Greek Bishop Nicholas of Myra who lived during the 4th century AD and was famous for his generosity and love for children. Years later, he was canonized and came to be known as Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children.

One more story revolves around a poor man and his three unmarried daughters. With no money to arrange suitable husbands for them, the poor father is in a state of deep despair. Seeing the father's anguish, Saint Nicholas disguises himself and goes to the peasant's home at night. There he quietly fills the three stockings hung near the fireplace to dry with a bag of gold coins each. The next morning, there is rejoicing in the impoverished family and the legend of Saint Nicholas grew as the saint who left behind gifts tucked inside stockings in the night.
Santa is very busy on Christmas Eve!
The world sleeps, On Christmas night, Santa Claus gets ready to descend from the North Pole. His elves help him load all the gifts and presents for all the lucky children who have been good that year in his magical reindeer-drawn sleigh. Santa's reindeers then carry him swiftly across the snow-filled night as he goes about silently fulfilling the desires of little children all over the world.
The secrets of santa clause:
Where can you find him?
Where is Santa Claus? What we know about is that he is in the North Pole. Some people even said that Santa Claus is from Rovaniemi, Finland. Is that really true? If your kid was very curious about Santa Claus and wanted to find Santa Claus, how would you answer him? I am afraid that the answer will depends on the age of the kid.
How old is he?
Santa Claus is a legend and a symbol, so his age is hard to say. If you want to count, then the prototype was Saint Nicholas who was a good bishop living in the 4th century. From the 4th century to the present, it has been 17 centuries. Therefore, he is more than 1,700 years old. But it may not be true. As for his exactly age we are afraid that only Mrs. Santa Claus knows.

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