Santa ClausThe original Santa Claus actually existed in history. He was st. Nicholas, bishop of Myra (now Turkey) in the 4th century. [3] in the fourth century, Nicholas was born in the city of batara in Asia minor to a wealthy family of very warm-hearted Catholic parents who died young. When Nicholas grew up, he gave all his wealth to the poor. He became a monk and devoted himself to the church. Nicholas later became a priest and was promoted to bishop. In his life, he did a lot of charity work, he liked to help the poor in secret, Santa Claus is his later nickname, the name is because he secretly sent money to help three girls story. After his death, Nicholas was honored as a saint. He was an old man with a white beard and a red cap. Every Christmas he came from the north on a sleigh drawn by deer. He came down the chimney and put Christmas presents in socks and hung them on the children's beds or in front of the fire.