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What did Saint Nicholas put in the stockings for the three daughters?
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When three young boys were found murdered and stuffed into a barrel of brine, St. Nicholas of Myra is said to have brought them back to life. For this he is called the patron saint of children.
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Saint Nicholas put gold coins in the stockings of the three daughters to serve as dowries so that they could get married. This act of generosity became the basis for the tradition of hanging stockings by the fireplace that is practiced during Christmas time.
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∙ 9y agoTradition says that Saint Nicholas tossed three bags of gold coins into the home of a poor man who needed money for dowries for his daughters. He either tossed them through an open window or down the chimney.
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Why do you use stockings for Christmas?
There is a story that St Nicholas put in gold coins in stockings that were hung in a house for drying, of a man that was poor. The stockings were for his three daughters, and they woke up with a gold coin in each stocking, and they happily married.
How did Saint Nicholas help three young girls to get married?
The father could not afford dowries for his daughters for his daughters to marry so he was planning to sell his daughters into prostitution. When Nicholas found out he secretly dropped the needed money into the man's home so he could pay the dowries.
What did Saint Nicholas put in the stocking for the three daughters?
Nicholas of Myra tossed bags of gold into the home, either through the chimney or an open window. The stocking custom came many years later when Saint Nicholas was morphed into Santa Claus.
Who was the saint who had three daughters and who were martyrs?
Legend says that Saint Sophia had three daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity, who were martyred.
In legend what did Saint Nicholas drop down the chimney?
Nicholas learned of a poor man who had three daughters who could not afford to pay dowries for them to marry. He planned to sell his daughters into prostitution. Nicholas came late at night, on three different occasions, and dropped a bag of gold coins down the chimney so the man would have a dowry for each daughter.
Did Saint Nicholas drop three bags of gold down a chimney?
Legend and tradition says that he did so that the three daughters of a poor man would have dowries and would not be sold into prostitution.
Why did people like Saint Nicholas?
St. Nicholas was the Patron Saint of Children. He was an exceptionally kind man who did a number of wonderful acts such as: Bringing three murdered boys to life and protecting several sailors at sea by turning the ocean into calm from angry so they could get home safely. He also secretly gave money to a poor man so that he could provide dowries for his three daughters.
Is St. Nicholas the patron saint of sailors bakers or children?
Yes, yes and yes. St. Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint of all three plus many more.
Did santa used to be real?
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.
What is the first tradition that Saint Nicholas left gold coins for 3 poor girls who needed money for their wedding dowries?
A poor man had three daughters who were approaching the age for marriage. However, he had no money to provide them with the necessary dowries and was considering the option of selling them into a life of prostitution. Nicholas learned of this and, whenever a daughter was about to be sold, he would sneak out late at night and toss a bag of gold coins into the house, some say down the chimney. He did this three times and all daughters were safely married off.
What is the emblem for Saint Nicholas?
St. Nicholas of Myra is represented by:anchorbishop calming a stormbishop holding three bags of goldbishop holding three ballsbishop with three childrenbishop with three children in a tub at his feetpurseshipthree bags of goldthree ballsthree golden balls on a book
What was three other name for Santa Claus?
Saint Nicholas. Father Christmas. Chris Kringle.
