On to St. Nicholas Day🎄
🌟If you are reading this, you survived Krampus’s wrath, and now his kinder cohort shines today.
It is said that St. Nicholas was born in 280 CE in Myra (modern-day Turkey) to a wealthy family. He had the best of everything during his youth until tragedy struck and he lost his family, after which he was raised in a monastery.
He became a priest and inherited the family’s fortune as an adult. As a practicing priest, he did not need material wealth and used it to help others instead. Because of this generosity and the miracles he performed, he quickly rose through the ranks of the church and was soon consecrated a bishop.
A fan favorite may be the cannibal butcher story. Three young children, hungry and lost, spotted a butcher shop ahead. They went inside, told the butcher they were lost, and asked if he could help them.
This butcher was short on meat and had a sinister idea, which he acted out. He cut the children up and set them in the back to cure in salt tubs.
Bishop Nicholas just happened to be traveling near this shop and was drawn to it; as he stepped inside, he realized something was wrong. He searched the shop and found the salt tubs with the children’s bits inside. He knew immediately what and who they were. Raising his hand and commanding the children to rise, they returned them whole and alive and reunited them with their families.
🌟When he passed away on December 6th, 343 CE, his bones were interred in a church in what is now Demre, Turkey, where he rested for seven centuries. Because of his popularity and generosity, many referred to him as Saint Nicholas while he was alive, and he was later canonized by the Catholic Church. St. Nicholas is one of the most popular saints.
Jen🌙
xoxo