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hen our first child was still a wee one, my husband and I got into thinking about how we wanted to deal with Santa. Should we just let her (and future children) ride on the Santa bandwagon with secret gifts in stockings, or should we find a greater meaning beneath the marketing ploy and season frenzyhrough the years, we’ve managed to start meaningful Christmas family traditions. One of these involves celebrating the feast day of St. Nicholas – the main inspiration for Santa Claus – on December 6.. Nicholas, far from the ho! ho! ho! -ing jolly, bearded man, was a third-century bishop born to a wealthy family. When his parents died, he used his inheritance to help the poor and sick.
Through the years, stories about him and his good deeds grew and made him beloved by all. However, the saint, in the 19th and 20th centuries, slowly got a “makeover” that made him hardly recognizable. This link at St. Nicholas Center tells the fascinating story of how St. Nicholas became a commercial icon.elebrating the feast day of St. Nicholas has been part of our Advent traditions. Here are some of the ways we’ve celebrated through the years…
Read stories about St. Nicholas
It’s not easy to find books about St. Nicholas. At first, I would read stories from websites and just retell my children the stories. Eventually, I found a copy of “The Baker’s Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale”, which is about a St. Nicholas legend. Good enough.
But imagine our delight to have found “The Story of St. Nicholas: More Than Reindeer and a Red Suit.” A picture book about the life of Saint Nicholas, it features some of the well-known stories about his kindness and generosity that inspired many Saint Nicholas Day traditions across numerous countries in the world. It’s a beautiful and useful introduction to “the real” Santa Claus.