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Yes. St Nicholas was a Christian, born in Turkey who became Bishop of Myra. Several miracles are associated with him including the raising to life of three boys murdered by an evil innkeeper and stilling a storm at sea. As a result he became the patron saint of children and sailors. The name 'Santa Claus' is dutch for Saint Nicholas. Nicholas also inherited a great deal of money from rich parents which he gave to the poor in secret. A story goes that he gave three bags of gold to a father of three girls who could not afford their dowries for them to marry. Nicholas dropped the gold down the chimney (to preserve the secrecy) where they fell into socks or shoes hanging in the fireplace to dry. This gave rise to the custom of children hanging up their stockings at Christmas Eve. From this story Nicholas became the patron saint of the poor and of pawnbrokers, and to this day the pawnbroker sign is three golden balls hanging fom a frame (representing the three bags of gold). There was apparently a Saint Nicholas, from which the modern Santa Claus is derived from.
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