Saint Nicholas Essays

course, you know him as a Santa Claus. But do you know that hundreds of years ago, Santa Claus was called by the name 'St. Nicholas'? The true story of Santa Claus begins with Saint Nicholas of Myra. Though he is one of the most popular saints in the Greek as well as the Latin Church, there is scarcely anything historically certain about him except that he was was a fourth century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra. He was born in the fourth century in Patara, Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) Born the only

Pay Rovaniemi a Visit and You Might Just Shake Santa Claus ' Hands (1) Once in our lives, we believed that the famous Christmas icon, Santa Claus, does exist and is lives in the upper hemisphere of the planet. Celebrating the Yuletide season would definitely mean that talks of what Santa Claus would be giving children as gifts are all afloat during dinners and early morning conversations. As you grow older, it becomes apparent that there really is no Santa Claus, but your subconscious wouldn

Theodore Caplow 's "Rule Enforcement Without Visible Means: Christmas Gift Giving in Middletown" describes how the town and the families living in Middletown celebrate Christmas. In addition, a survey of the inventory of all Christmas activities and gifts received/given was taken in observation of the social changes and social "rules" that appear to govern gift giving in Middletown. I agree with Caplow 's message that gift giving is a social understanding adapted from childhood to adulthood because

The First Christmas Tree When it comes to who had or where the first Christmas tree showed up the stories all vary. However what is known for certain is that is was in Northern Europe. What we do know is that supposedly there are two Santa Clauses. The one who lives in Finland in Lapland and the other one who comes from the North Pole. Children in North America swear by Santa Claus from the North Pole and children in Europe believe in the one in Lapland. Perhaps they are brothers but whatever the

INTRODUCTION “I’d rather see myself dead then with your family.” A mean old mister named scrooge doesn't like any holiday that is joyful. Especially this one holiday that everyone loves to celebrate called christmas. “ They owe me money and i will collect it, i will have them jailed if i have too. They owe me money and i will collect what is due me. If i could work my will every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of

Busting up Santa To tell or not to tell? Contrary to what Shakespeare famously declared in Hamlet, this is the real question; especially when it comes to Santa Clause. Every December the mommy blogs and group pages I follow fill with pleading cries for advice. Majority of these inquiries are about what is the best age to burst that Santa bubble, the rest are moms trying to decide how much deeper to dive in to the bottomless pit of Kringliness. Luckily, I have found the answer and although you may

The documentary Legends of Santa introduced many beliefs that different cultures have of Santa Claus. After watching this documentary, the researcher gained a large amount of information about Santa Claus and how he is represented through the wide diversity of traditions in the world. The researcher believes the documentary displayed the differing customs in a helpful and pleasurable way. The documentary left a good impression on the researcher by the entertaining ways it informed the watchers.

Artificial Selection/ Natural Selection When the word artificial comes to my mind fake thoughts run through me, like water runs down your throat. Artificial christmas trees, flowers, foods, anything artificial you can think of, almost everyone has it and has produced it. As you read this, do you have any idea what artificial means? Said on dictionary.com, artificial means produced by humans, not occurring naturally. For example, artificial selection would be taking a wild animal, such as a whale

Many kids around the world believe in Santa Claus. Around the holiday season Santa is seen through various advertisements, wrapping paper, movies, stories, and the most classic holiday songs that are played way too early in the year. One of the most iconic christmas song is ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ written and composed by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie. It was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934. Through the songs comes melodies and rhythms that will stick in

The Office is an American television comedy series that aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013. It is an adaptation of a British series also titled The Office. The series depicts the everyday work lives of office employees that work for a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The show is portrayed as a documentary by having a camera crew follow the employees throughout the series to show the viewers the lives of American office workers. However, the days and experiences these people have during their

9 terrible stories of kids finding out Santa isn’t real (-- removed HTML --) Christmas is most kids’ favorite holiday because of Santa Claus, time off of school, snow, and gifts. There’s magic to this holiday season that doesn’t exist in any other holiday and opening gifts from Santa Claus is one of the most magical experiences. It’s sad when kids start to realize that Santa isn’t real. Usually kids figure it out on their own as they grow older, but for these kids, they found out that Santa wasn’t

Mrs. Claus Delivers Gifts when Santa is Injured Nothing can beat the excitement and bulging expectations that come with the festive seasons. These are the periods when people seem to throw caution to the wind, let loose, and have a marvelous time. Perhaps Christmas would top the lot, if the excitement and buzz created by the kids is anything to go by. Adults would often seem to exhibit limited interest in the celebrations, but would be smiling deep inside and praying that, for once, Christmas is

In honor of the holidays on their way, I have chosen to read the article titled, “Don’t tell children Father Christmas is real because lying to children could damage them, warn experts.” Throughout this article, John von Radowitz elaborates on all the reasons why children should not be fooled into thinking that Santa Claus is going to deliver them their presents on the night of Christmas Eve. At a young age, children are fed these lies, and as a result can be led to believe that they cannot trust

Christmas in America, it is a tradition for Americans to put a Christmas tree in their houses. They may decorate the tree with Christmas lights, flowers, ornaments, and usually have a big bright star at the top of the tree. Most families in Canada have a pine tree at their homes. Every year families go in search of a pine tree for their homes. One of Canada 's traditions is to send the biggest, and most beautiful fir tree to Boston. This tradition is because of the help the USA had given Canada

It is true that Christmas is a time of giving. I agree that Santa Claus is of traditionally and ethnically important value. There are a few reasons as to why I agree with this. Santa Claus reinforces positive habits, Santa Claus is an inspiration, and Santa Claus teaches children the reward of good behavior. First, Santa Claus reinforces positive habits. Positive habits, such as the tradition of writing letters to Santa. Plenty of children do not like to write. However, the Santa Claus myth gets

Every year, millions of children around the globe send a letter to Santa Claus asking for what they want. Most of these children do not expect a response, but some do get one due to Operation Santa through the United States Postal Service. There are similar programs in various countries, but the one in the United States does something extra with the letters the postal service receives. Operation Santa allows for the fingerprinting and DNA collection of children to expand the databases of the Federal

recognize my innate qualities which guided my pathway. My earliest memory is being seven years old and earnestly searching for my patron saint for confirmation. I recall reading book after book of saints and the splendid moment when I located St. Martin De Porres. After reading his biography, I knew instantly he would be my patron saint. St. Martin De Porres is the patron saint of social justice, animals, orphans and those seeking interracial harmony. My admiration, for St. Martin De Porres, guided me through

The Anglican Church of the Apostles celebrated their Christmas Candlelight Eucharist on Christmas Eve. This is a prescribed annual celebration based upon Anglican tradition to commemorate the birth of Christ, the son of God. Upon my arrival, I was passed a book of hymns so that I could follow along with the service and was welcomed by practitioners and the church minister, who was eager to invite me back. Practitioners sat in rows of pews which provided a perfect view of the grand church altar. The

Saint Genevieve was a French saint who lived in the fourth and fifth centuries. Her feast day is January 3rd, and she is the patron saint of Paris, Young Girls, Plague, Fevers, Disasters, Women’s Army Corps, and French Security Forces. Her canonization was pre-congregation. Some symbols associated with her are a loaf of bread, because she gave to the hungry, a candle, which she was able to miraculously light and keep lit despite the devil’s attempts to extinguish it, and a coin, which symbolized

Moral Autonomy is mainly based on the psychology of moral development. The first psychological theory was developed by Jean Piaget. On the basis of Piaget’s theory, Lawrence Kohlberg has also developed three main levels of moral development which is based on the types of logic and motivation adopted by individuals related to moral questions. 2.7.1 The Pre Conventional Level It is known as self-centered attitude. In this level, right conduct is very important for an individual which directly benefits