"Listers, St. Nicholas was born in AD 270 and became the Bishop of Myra in Lycia (modern day Turkey).
He died on December 6, 343 leaving a legacy that would grow into a
strong and multifaceted cult. He had a reputation for secret
gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them
out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern
name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of
elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of “Saint Nikolaos”.
Although he is usually referred to as Sinterklaas, he is also known as De Goedheiligman (The Good Holy Man), Sint Nicolaas (Saint Nicholas) or simply as De Sint
(The Saint). His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common
for early Christian saints. The actual feast day of St. Nicholas is
December 6th."
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