So Christmas is coming up and I am so very extremely excited! One thing that I never got was how Santa Claus came in. Christmas was always about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Today you are in luck, because I'm going to show you how he came into this merry holiday.
Santa Claus was actually a real person... well kind of. He was a bishop with the name St. Nicholas. Originally, he was dressed in the traditional bishop robes. In 1874 Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist gave Saint Nicholas a new look, a brown suit with brown fur trim. Later in the 20th century, he was given the white and red suit. Saint Nicholas was a very generous and giving man. He loved to give gifts and love. Later then, we became his "helpers". Now, in the year of 2015, he is a man who loves cookies with rosy cheeks, a long white beard, gleaming eyes and jolly laugh.
