Keeping with the holiday spirit, and my personal excitement for Christmas, I decided to try and understand something a little better. Where does the legend of Santa Claus come from? Yes, sadly, it's pretty safe to say that the dude is not real, despite what you parents told you for the first decade of your life, and also despite ATT U-Verses new "Santa Tracker" that comes up on my TV every Christmas Eve while I'm trying to peacefully watch Elf.
So I did a little research to see where the big, jolly man in red and all his "ho ho ho's" comes from!
The most respectable and legitamate source I found was actually an article from the History Channel's website (I know, what better place to find history facts than the History Channel).
Heres a short quote summarizing it all up, "The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick."
You can check out the rest of the article here.
Merry Christmas!
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