SANTA CLAUS
(6 December St. Nicholas day)
Saint Nicholas was a Dutch bishop
Helped people in distress and grump
He had inherited money from parents
He gave away to children several gifts.
He also helped poor women
And saved them from prostitution
He saved people getting beheaded
He was a noble citizen and respected.
He lived during fourth century
In a small Roman town in Turkey
He came to be known much later
For his deeds as a saviour.
Dutch colonists in US' New York
Followed same trait of gifting of sort
And popularized St. Nicholas
To become Sinterklas or Santa Claus.
To attract mainly children in winter
Santa Claus was made a portly figure
Wearing a red coat cap spectacles
Riding a sleigh to distribute gifts.
As Christmas is a few weeks away
Gifting is done on the Eve anyway
Under the tree and in the stockings
This has spread world over nowadays.
(St. Nicholas died on 6 December
It is remembered as St. Nicholas day)