Once
upon a time a young man called Nicholas lived in Myra (Turkey). He was a very
rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him a lot of
money. Nicholas didn’t have close family and money didn’t give him happiness. Looking
for the way to be happy, everyday he bought a lot of clothes, a new house… but nothing
made him happy.
One
day he saw a poor man who had three daughters. This man
was so poor that he didn’t have enough money to pay his daughters’ weddings.
One night, Nicholas secretly went to his house and dropped a bag full of
gold down the chimney. The bag fell into a stocking that had been hung by the
fire to dry. This was repeated later with the second daughter.
Finally, determined to discover the person who had given him the money, the
father secretly hid himself by the fire every evening until he caught Nicholas
dropping the bag full of gold.
Nicholas begged the man not to tell anyone what he had done, because he
didn’t want to bring attention to himself. But soon the news got out and when
anyone received a secret gift, it was thought that maybe it was from Nicholas. Because
of his kindness Nicholas was made a Saint. St.Nicholas.
With the passing of time, St. Nicholas became Santa Claus by different
poets and writers; celebrating 6th of December his appearance.
But not only was his
name changed, his clothes changed too. There's a Christmas Urban Legend that says that Santa's red suit was
designed by Coca-Cola and that they might even 'own' Santa, but that
affirmation it is not true.
Santa changed his
clothes into red on January 1st 1881 by Harper's Weekly.
They published the image of Santa, complete with a big red belly, an arm full
of toys and smoking a pipe. This image of Santa became very popular, with more
artists drawing Santa in his red and white costume from 1900 to 1930.
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