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The History Of Giving Free Gifts
Free gifts and stuff has been given to people to brighten their day throughout time. I imagine that even the caveman went out in the morning from his cave, would return later in the evening with free gifts and stuff of food for his mate and children.FREE $500 IN GROCERIES !!! Don't forget to select your favorite shopping place and enter your zip code. Click here now.
Here is an article on the history of a big figure who always found time to put smiles on kids faces by giving them free gifts. I am speaking of none other then Saint Nicholas (St. Nick) or Nicholas of Myra. He was born in 270 AD and live to December 6 346 AD
Some things that most people may not know it that St. Nicholas was a Greek Bishop. He begin to becom e popularly known for giving free gifts of miracles through intercession and was called Nicholas the Wonderworker.
The name Santa Claus came when he got the reputation for secretly putting free gifts of coins in shoes of people that left them out for him. The name Santa Claus was an English name that came from Dutch SinterKlaas. His reputation for giving away free gifts and stuff became so great that it cycled among faithful early Christian saints. He became known as Nicholas of Bari in Italy in 1087 AD when his relic was translated there.
For giving of free gifts and stuff to people, he is honored by some Lutheran and Anglican churches as well as highly remembered by Orthodox and Catholic Christians. St. Nick is patron saint of merchants, sailors, thieves, archers, other givers of free gifts, students in Romania, Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Macedonia Republic, Montenegro, and the list goes on and on.
Greek folklore has told the story this way. Before so many people were enjoying giving away free gifts and stuff as today, that Nicholas was born in Asia Minor in the 3rd century in a Roman province of Asia. He was the one and only child of a wealthy Christian couple named Johanna and Epiphamus. Being very religious at an early age, he fasted Wednesdays and Fridays rigorously.
After his parents died while he was very young doing an epidemic, he was then raised by bishop of Patara who was his uncle. Patara mentored St. Nicholas as a reader and priest before Nicholas spent time in the Holy Sion, a monastery founded by Patara. This is probably how he learned the joy of giving free gifts that has spread to many hearts.
The government of Turkey has requested the return of the borns of St. Nicholas from the government of Italy because they claim that he wished to have his remains buried in his birthplace and that his bones were taken illegally from Turkey.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this bit of history. Giving away free gifts and stuff is fun. Have you ever noticed the smile on a childs face when you give them a gift?