The Cordova daily times. [volume], December 19, 1914, Image 3

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I ST.NICHOLAS, THE YULETIDE SAINT
A Generous Friend of Children, Criticism Cannot Annihilate
Him Nor Shake the Faith of Children in
Their Beloved Myth
The tradition of Santa Claus, St
Nicholas, Kris Kringle. or whateve
the nnrne by which the bonlflcent sain
of Yuletlde may be called, is the oni
legend that cannot be swept from th<
faith of childhood. It is a myth' tha
will not be explained away by prac
deal historians or Iconoclasts. . Hi
comes but once a year and he glad
dens the little folks In nearly ever)
land under the sun, and even thosi
who scout the story of Oeorge Wash
ington and his famous hatchet, 01
who even declare against the hlstorj
of creation as told In the Wide. dc
not dare to try to destroy good oh!
Kris Kringle. He Is In the henrtt
of the children to Btay. There may bi
some doubt advanced as to whether
the whale swnllowed Jonah, but there
Is nothing strong enough to shake the
childish faith -In Santa Claus, and the
person who tries to do away with
that beloved saint only runs up
against a wall of perfect faith.
"No Santa CJaus" a million childish
voices would echo. “Why every
Christmas brings the proof that there
is one."
And that certainly ends the argu
ment.
i
Santa Claus, the real Santa Claus,
Is both young and old. His pictures
show us a jolly fellow, with a beard
suggesting the venerable, twinkling
eyes, bespeaking bounding youth. And
young In feeling and action, If not In
years, he must be to get over all the
world in one night, without missing
one house in which lives a deserving
child. He is different In every coun
try, ranging In y ars from the beauti
ful Christ child tlint the good children
of Trance adore, to the Jolly old fel
low to whom he American youngsters
vow allegiance.
Santa Claus, as we know him in this
country, is less than a century old,
but the real Santa Claus, the original
of them all, goes way back to the re
mote third century. His present
name—Santa Claus, or Kris Kringle—
Is derived from St. Nicholas, the very
Incarnation of all that was good nnd
generous. St. Nicholas, destined to
be worshipped in various forms by
the children of Rcores of centuries, was
born in Patarn, a town of Lycin, in
Asia Minor. From his earliest days
he showed a religious Inclination that
destined him to take a high place In
the church.
As n young man he entered the mon
astary of Sion, nnd in time’ ho became
abbot and later bishop of Myra. His
great sanctity and leartng made him
shine even In the most illustrious com
pany, nnd he was one of the most not
'able figures at that wonderful gather
ing of 318 bishops who met at Nicea
in 318 to condemn the heresy of Ar
lus.
While St. Nicholns became famous
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still more as a special friend of the
(Children that his fame spread. One
of his earliest miracles had to do witt
(he restoring to life of two or three
children.
There are two accounts of the story
One says that an Asian sent his twe
'sons to Athens to study. Bnroute
they fell In with a villainous tnnkeep
er, who, to get their valuables, slew
them and cut up their bodies Into bits
which he put into his brine barrel t(
sell for pork. Then St. Nicholas, hav
Inp seen the crime In a vision, came t<
the sjK>t and restored the children t(
life. The other version says tha
there were three children, and tha
their would-be murderer was a butch
er. In either case St. Nicholas per
formed the miracle of restoring then
to life.
This wns the first act by whicli St
Nicholas proved his love for children
The second bore still more strong!;
on the Santa Claus idea, for It was i
favor which he did at Christmas time
A certain nobleman of Patarn was si
Poor that he was unable to give a por
tion for his three daughters, and i
seemed impossible that any of tin
trio could get a husband. St. Nlch
olasl learning of their plight, came a
Christmas time and threw a pursi
filled with gold into an opon window
The act was done as stealthily as tha’
ot the modern Santa Claus. The no
bleman could not tell who his bene
factor was, but he gave thanks ami
married off the eldest daughter.
Next Christmas came another purse
and the second daughter took a hus
'band. When the Christmas of the
Uvlril year approached the nobleman'a
■ curiosity got the better of him, and
he set himself on guard to see who
i It was that left the money. When
the saint appeared the nobleman came
forward nnd asked why so good an act
should be performed in stealth. Then
i the patron snlnt of the children enun
ciated the great truth that the best
acts are those done for the Joy of do
ing. not the hope of praise or reward.
Thus, centuries ago was proclaimed
what Is the best sentiment of Ohrist
maj giving.
The Idea of 8t. Nicholas was so
beautiful that It took place among the
great beliefs of the children, and In
different forms It Is found In nearly
every country. noth his name and
Ills form difTer, but everywhere his
labor is the same.
In France. Germany, itussia nnd
the Netherlands he Is the embodiment
of an essentially religious idea, but
In England and the United States his
ofllce Is a more secular one. France
always represents Noel' as the Infant
Jesus, and in Germany, too. the name
Krist Krindel, corrupted into Kris
Kringle, means literally the Christ
child. In France, the little benefac
tor, who is believed to slip into the
homes of all good children on Christ
mas eve and leave good gifts, is dear
ly loved by the children. On Christ
mas day they go with their parents
to the church to worship the Infant
Jesus. In the great cathedral, by the
w’eps of the nltar in the transcept
/chapel, will be found a rude wooden
structure filled with hay, represent
ing the manger in which the Savior
was born in Bethlehem. In this man
ger lies a beautiful doll, with wide,
smiling eyes, representing the Holy
Babe, and around it gathers the wor
shipers, while the wonted gloom of
•the cathedral Is illuminated by numer
ous burning tapers. This visit of
worship once a year makes a great
impression upon the minds of the
children of France, who think of
Christmas ns associated with the
Christ child. The children of Italy
observe Christmas in n similar man
ner. the babe in the manger being the
central thought during the Christmas
isenson.
/ There is no St. Nicholas in Spain.
Instead of the usual idea of that pa
tron saint and his kindness, the chil
dren place their shoes in the windows
when they retire to sleep on Christ
mas eve, as the wise kings of the
east are believed to be journeying by
night to Bethlehem, bearing gifts and
■homage to the Christ Child, and as
lhey pass they will, out of the abun
dance of their gifts, drop some in the
‘shoes of each good child.
The children of Belgium also make
luse of their little shoes on Christmas
eve, but in a different way. They
think that St. Nicholas comes on a
lift u/hlta Imrsn nrwi not with T*»»in
(leers, as we are taught in America,
ami they polish their little shoes and
leave in them carrots and tiny and
oats, so that the horse can be re
freshed as he pauses ever and anon
for a brief minute's rest. In central
Europe, where the Christ Child is be
' lleved to come with gifts for the lit
’ tie ones, he is dressed like a maiden,
carrying a silver bell, lighted tapers,
nnd wearing a crown. St. Nicholas
1 carries the same name in Holland
that he does here—Santa Claus. In
1 Switzerland they call him Sama Claus,
' and in Heligoland, Sonner Klaus.
He is Niklo or Niglo in Austria,
- and boasts the luxury of an attend
ant, who assists him In carrying all
• his bundles. This assistant to San
i ta Claus is known ns Krampus, and
with the children is only a shade less
• popular than his chief.
“Holy Kan” is the respectful term
' by which the patron saint Is known
i In the Tyrol, and here, too, he lias
. help, being accompanied by the Christ
i Child and St. Huey. The Christ
- Child himself comes in Alsace. Ev
en Japan lias a Santa Claus, similar
i in most respects to the Santa Clans
pof the Occident. He is known as the
“Sage of Hong Hife."
s In tills country everybody recog
nizes Santa Clans the moment he Is
seen pictured in any book or paper,
or when lie walks the street berore
‘.the toy Btorlti. as he often does Just
before Christmas, and many a little
lad and lassie tries bravely to keep
awake on that magic night to* hear
the tap of the reindeer's hoofs on the
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