The festival of Christmas is celebrated with devotion and gaiety all over the world on 25 December. This day symbolizes the birth of Jesus Christ. It is believed that he was the son and messenger of God. On this day people decorate their homes and Christmas trees with various lights, flowers and other things. Also, they go to church and remember Lord Jesus. This day holds great importance for the people of Christianity, glimpses of which can be seen everywhere. At the same time, on this day (Christmas 2024) , children also wait to meet Santa Claus, so let us know here who was Santa Claus?

Know who was Santa Claus? (How Santa Claus became Saint Nicholas?)

You all must know Santa Claus, but do you know that his real name was Saint Nicholas , who was a very cheerful person. Saint Nicholas was born in 280 AD in the city of Mayra in Turkmenistan. His mother died in his childhood.

Despite such difficult circumstances, he did not lose his goodness and continued to do regular devotion to Jesus Christ. Along with this, he first became a priest and later a bishop.

The wife's name was Claus (Santa Claus Story)

Let us tell you, Saint Nicholas' wife's name was Claus, with whom he was engrossed in devotion to Lord Jesus. It is said that he loved giving gifts to small children and sharing love with people, due to which he used to go out in the dark of the night to give gifts to children while hiding his identity, so that people could not get any information about him.

For your information, his habit of distributing gifts became the basis of the Dutch folk character 'Sinterklaas', who became known as Santa Claus in America.

Reindeer used to distribute gifts sitting on Rudolph

It is said that Saint Nicholas used to wear colorful clothes and distribute gifts among people while sitting on the reindeer Rudolf. For information, let us tell you that Saint Nicholas breathed his last in the city of Myra on 6 December 343 AD.