Five True Facts about the Real Saint Nicholas

Yes, there really was an actual Saint Nicholas, and while time has changed a LOT about him, we do still know the actual truth about him . . . 

• Santa Is from Turkey, not from the North Pole - The actual Saint Nicholas lived in the southeast of what is now Turkey, though his bones are entombed in Bari, Italy.

• Saint Nicholas was a man of faith -Though Santa Claus is often thought of as an emblem of the materialistic, rather than the spiritual, side of Christmas, the real Saint Nicholas was a man of deep faith who gave away his own possessions.

• St. Nick Did give gifts to the poor at night - The idea of a secret nocturnal visitor who leaves gifts grew out of Nicholas’s anonymous generosity to a poor family, whom he helped by tossing a bag of gold coins through their window at night.

You will find the rest of the facts about Saint Nicholas at this link - check them out and share them with the children you love.