Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas who was in essence the Santa Claus that popular society has adopted. St. Nick was really Bishop Nicholas of Myra who gave money to help three young women who were being taken advantage of. He was also a defender of the faith at the Council of Nicea and was quite ardent about it!
See more about St.Nicholas at the following links:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=371
http://www.whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml
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