Who is Jolly old Saint Nick?

Answer 1

He is usually described as a portly Irish or scottish guy who delivers presents to kids by dropping into people's chimneys all over the world, not to mention devouring all of their milk and cookies in true ninja fashion!

But in reality, his real name is Saint Nicholas, and he was an actual Saint and a Turkish priest, who secretly delivered presents to the people near where he lived. He was never cannonised or actually accepted religiously, but he is known as a saint/priest anyway.

His remains were taken to Bari, Italy, which is why he is also revered as a saint of Bari as well as a patron saint by MANY OTHERS. Santa Claus is a big thing, especially to the many sailors, merchants, archers, children as well as the students in Greece, Bulgaria, Russia, Republic of Macedonia, Slovakia and Montenegro. Columbia, Italy, Netherlands, part of the west bank of Palestine, and even Russia claim him as well.

Lastly, because of the New York Historical society's decision in 1809, he is the patron saint of New York, as New Amsterdam, which is the Dutch name for our most famous city.