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St. Nicholas Attention!!! Santa Clause is a lie! Most people already know that it’s our parents who put presents underneath the tree and there is no fat guy in a sleigh with magical flying reindeer, that gives presents to good little children around the world. The shocker is the lie goes deeper than that. St. Nicholas wasn’t fat or jolly, and didn’t own any reindeer. Therefore, Santa Clause isn’t real, period. No what’s, ifs, or buts, about it. Nicholas was born a monk and became a bishop that did good deeds and was very kind to children. But he wasn’t magical. Since St. Nicholas was from a time so long ago, there’s not much information to go by on. He was born to two Christian parents who cared for him. His parents were unknown and died when he was a young man. He later became a bishop in Myra. There is no record of him having a wife or kids. The good deeds he’d done earned him the title, St. Nicholas of Myra. Nicholas was a strong believer in the goodness of heart and proved he was several times over. A few of the many things he was known for such as giving gifts to poor children or helping those in tough situations and even helping people pay off their depts. It is known that he helped three poor sisters, by giving them three bags of money on …show more content…
But then the presents get bigger, they added stockings, and well things changed. Some time after that, a man named wrote a poem about a fat, jolly man in a red suit with white trimmings bringing presents to good children around the world in a slay pulled by a flying reindeer, and all in one night. Some people may suspect he was drunk when he wrote this, but shore enough the story stuck. Then Nicholas the Bishop became Nicholas the fat guy with lots of presents to give, who eats cookies and milk, and has magical reindeer as

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