Feast of St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas was a real person, and in fact a real bishop! You can read his story here but an excerpt is below:

The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey. His wealthy parents, who raised him to be a devout Christian, died in an epidemic while Nicholas was still young.… Read more…