our Santa Claus was born near Myra a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It all came about when he heard a man who was in a desperate situation. This man was so poor he was thinking of selling one of his daughters into slavery so that the other two may survive.
That night before the daughter was to be sold into slavery St Nicholas sneaked up and silently through a small bag of gold through the window and then promptly disappeared. In the morning the man found the bag of gold and fell to his knees thanking God. This bag helped sustain the family for a year but when it finally ran out the man again thought of selling his daughter into slavery. Saint Nicholas hearing of this repeated his last gracious gift. The man who had always wondered where the gift came from this time was able to confront St Nicholas and asked him why the generosity. Saint Nicholas replied that he could see he was in great need of help. When asked why he did it in secrecy he replied: “Because it’s good to give and have only God know about it.”
So today we have this lovely tradition where we exchange gifts with not only the ones we love, as there are many who will give to the needy. Special Christmas Gifts that everyone will enjoy can be found in giving Christmas gift baskets sets. These are great for loved ones, colleagues, friends in fact absolutely anyone you can possibly think of. They can come in many designs and filled with lots of different sorts of goodies. Take the pain out of gift giving and select a basket today.
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