One-off gestures of empathy and concern can often snowball into traditions, which in turn get practiced for centuries to become legends. Santa Claus seems like a glaring example of such a phenom. St. Nicholas, who now goes by the name Santa Claus was originally a austere-looking monk well-known for his generosity. He wished to help a poor soul in need and dropped a bag of riches down the chimney which fortuitously landed inside a tattered stocking that was hung to dry. Here were are in 2013, celebrating this happy anecdote and Santa who was originally known to be a lean bloke with a grave look is now described as a jovial and heavyset soul in popular culture!
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