What is sinterclles exactly there?

WHAT IS SINTERCLLES EXACTLY THERE?

Yes, Santa is real. But we know him more as St. Nikolas. Unfortunately, we have little historical evidence of this popular saint. According to tradition, St. Nikolas was born in Patara in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor, in a wealthy Christian family; he was lucky to have a strong Christian education. Some say that at the age of five he began to study the teachings of the Church. He always tried to practice virtue and mercy.
Both parents of St. Nikolas died when he was young and left a great estate, which he used to do many good deeds. A famous story tells of a widower who has three daughters. The father was about to sell his daughters to prostitution because she could not afford the dowry needed for their marriage. St. Nikolas hears the terrible fate that befell these three girls and decides to help. In the darkness of night, he goes to their house and throws a bag of gold through an open window in the house of the widower, thus providing the necessary money for a proper dowry for the eldest daughter. Consecutive next two nights, St. Nikolas did the same; his generosity to save the three girls from the unfortunate fate.
Reputation of St. Nikolas as a holy man is widespread. When the Father Bishop died, St. Nikolas was chosen to succeed him as Bishop of Myra. Some records agree that St. Nikolas suffered imprisonment and persecution for faith in the period of persecution of Emperor Diocletian around the year 300. Several sources assert that after the adoption of Christianity he attended the Council of Nicea (325 AD) and participated in condemning the heresy of Arianism that denied the divinity of Christ. The next story tells how St. Nikolas intervened in order to free three innocent people sentenced to death by a corrupt governor named Eustathius, who was opposed by St. Nikolas and moved on to repentance. St. Nikolas died in the fourth century between 345 and 352 on December 6, and was buried in his cathedral.
After the fanatical Muslim Seljuks invaded Asia Minor and cruelly persecuted Christianity, St. Nikolas was rescued by Italian merchants from the pollution of 1087 and was buried again in a new church in Bari, Italy. Pope Urban II, a staunch defender of faith and an advocate of the crusade, blessed the new tomb with a festive ceremony. Since then, devotion to St. Nikolas increased throughout the West. For example, over 400 churches in England are dedicated to him. For some time in the Middle Ages, his grave became the most visited pilgrimage site of pilgrims from all over Europe. Interestingly, because of the smell of incense that smelled around his tomb, he soon became known as the patron saint of the perfumed businessmen.
According to tradition, St. Nikolas is associated with the giving of Christmas presents, because of his story of a widower with three of his daughters. In the Netherlands, where this habit appears to be, St. Nikolas (or Sint Klaas or Santa Claus) will come on the eve of his party (6 December) with a variety of gifts for sweet children; often by filling it in their wooden shoes. Many Christmas ornaments from the Netherlands and Germany depict St. Nikolas wore the bishop's clothing with his partner and the bishop in his hand, accompanied by a help angel who brought a list of good children's names.
In the nineteenth century, American writers also participated in the abolition of the image of St. Nikolas as a bishop. In 1820, Washington Irving wrote a story about Santa Claus flying in a cart to hand out gifts to the children. Three years later, Clement Moore wrote A Visit from St. Nikolas (better known as the Night Before Christmas, portrays Santa Claus as an "old wicked dwarf" with a fat belly like a barrel, rosy cheeks and a cherry-like nose.In 1882, Thomas Nast paints a picture of Santa Claus was given Moore and even added North Pole as his home.And finally, Haddom Sundblom, an ad artist from Coca-Cola transformed the figure of Santa Claus into a red-clad, big-body figure, and even fond of drinking cola, as we easily imagine in our mind right now.

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