Saint Nick was a very generous person he helped much of the poor and sick. The way he helped the poor and sick was he gave much of his wealth away from his parents death. Some situations when he helped the poor was when he threw money threw a poor family's window everyday so could buy dowries, then they wouldn't have to sell their daughters into slavery. This single event led to the tradition of kids leaving their shoes in hallways and hanging up some stockings hopping Saint Nick will leave some gold. A lot of people like to say Saint Nick was a gift-giver.
Saint Nick was born on March 15, 270 A.D. into a very wealthy family, in the village Patara, Turkey. When he was a young boy his parents died and he inherited all their money. Before he