Show 1 St. St t Nicholas Loved I For Piety Grace The name of Santa Claus Glaus is merely merely merely mere- mere ly slurring the Dutch San Nicholas Nicho- Nicho las which is of course Saint Nich- Nich olas American children are probably probably proba- proba bly the only ones who say it exactly that way Nicholas was an actual person He e was Bishop of Myra in Lycia L Asia Minor in the first part of the f Fourth century A. A D. D He was also the youngest bishop in the history of J the church From the day of his birth Nicholas revealed his piety and grace He HeI I refused on fast days to take the natural nourishment of a child But Nicholas was not a barefoot recluse vowed to poverty His father father father fa- fa ther was a wealthy merchant and his riches enabled him to be a dispenser dispenser dispenser dis dis- dis- dis of the good things in life j 1 The feast of Saint Nicholas was originally celebrated on December 6 Later when church people in the late Middle ag ages s tried to suppress the festivities which grew up around jUhe the Boy Saints Saint's day his festival came came to be associated with Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas day |