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Santa Clause is real 
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St.Nicholas was an orphan 
His parents died when he was young leaving him with a huge amount of money 
He lived during the fourth  century in a region called Myra now known as TuRKEY
In his town was a family that had lost everything and were so poor they had nothing to eat 
The family had three daughters ,
And each one was about to be sold into slavery forced to pay off the family debt 
There was no other choice 
They  couldn’t afford to live at home any longer 
The night before she was going to be sold  the eldest daughter washed her stockings and hung them up by the fire to dry 
It was going to be a sad day tomorrow 
When she woke up,she saw a lump in her stocking 
Reaching in,she found a small bag 
Inside the bag was enough gold to save her from being sold 
Still,the other two daughters would be sold 
The next morning ,another bag of gold was found 
And now ,the second daughter was going to be saved too 
The next night the father decided to stay awake to see who was the person helping his daughters
He fell asleep ,but woke up when he heard a loud noise  as a small bag was thrown through the open window and landed in the stocking beside the fireplace .He jumped up and ran outside 
It was the young man from  the village whose uncle was a priest 
“Thank you for helping us”the man exclaimed 
Humbled the man replied 
“Please do not thank me “
Now there was enough money for the family to eat too 
The man was St.Nicholas 
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He continued to help people and asked for no thanks 
He did it secretly 
He did not want attention or glory 
St.Nicholas would eventually become a bishop and word of his generosity spread around the world 
He became an example of how we should live and how we should treat each other 
St.Nicholas is now Santa Claus and this is his story 
Oranges are often placed inside stockings representing the gold that saved the daughters 
This is why there is a Christmas tradition  of hanging up stockings 
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