St. Nicholas Informative Speech

St. Nicholas Attention!!! Santa Clause is a lie! Most people already know that it’s our parents who put presents underneath the tree and there is no fat guy in a sleigh with magical flying reindeer, that gives presents to good little children around the world. The shocker is the lie goes deeper than that. St. Nicholas wasn’t fat or jolly, and didn’t own any reindeer. Therefore, Santa Clause isn’t real, period. No what’s, ifs, or buts, about it. Nicholas was born a monk and became a bishop that did good deeds and was very kind to children. But he wasn’t magical. Since St. Nicholas was from a time so long ago, there’s not much information to go by on. He was born to two Christian parents who cared for him. His parents were unknown and died when he was a young man. He later became a bishop in Myra. There is no record of him having a wife or kids. The good deeds he’d done earned him the title, St. Nicholas of Myra. Nicholas was a strong believer in the goodness of heart and proved he was several times over. A few of the many things he was known for such as giving gifts to poor children or helping those in tough situations and even helping people pay off their depts. It is known that he helped three poor sisters, by giving them three bags of money on
three different nights, So that they would have a dowry. It was important for one of them to be married so they would have someone to support them. If he hadn’t stepped in to help, they would have most likely sold themselves as servants or even as prostitutes to support themselves. The only reason we even know it was him is because the father of the three sisters caught him on the third night delivering one of the bags of money which Nicholas was thanked very much for doing so. Imagine what other good deeds he did that we don’t know about. Another good deed Nicholas was known for was the time three falsely accused men were to be put to death as punishment. But, St. Nicholas vouched for them and eventually freed them from the consequences of crimes they did not commit. St. Nicholas was supposively the most saintly of all saints. His legacy made it through the time when saints were disliked and became the idle saint. What is meant by this is simply that became the bishop with his face on coke-a-cola cans and other such things. Since he was known for giving gifts to children we created a holiday were we do the same to honor him and his kindness. Out first the holiday was simply put a few little things inside the shoes of your children on the night of December 25th every year, and tell them it was from Santa Clause.
But then the presents get bigger, they added stockings, and well things changed. Some time after that, a man named wrote a poem about a fat, jolly man in a red suit with white trimmings bringing presents to good children around the world in a slay pulled by a flying reindeer, and all in one night. Some people may suspect he was drunk when he wrote this, but shore enough the story stuck. Then Nicholas the Bishop became Nicholas the fat guy with lots of presents to give, who eats cookies and milk, and has magical reindeer as
pets. No one can exactly say why Jesus Christ shares this holiday with St. Nicholas, but the Christmas holiday is and was different around the world. None can say this because it depends on what you believe and/or what you believe in. Therefore it is a matter of opinion. The elf’s came from a New York Times newspaper and Rudolf came later on after the other reindeer, in a coloring book made by a store in New York. It’s assumed the sock/stockings idea came from the shoe thing that was talked about earlier. Another fact is that it used to be fruits that were used before candies and cookies. Of course the news of Christmas spread around the world and they came up with their own way of celebrating. As you can see St. Nicholas was a good man and loved by many. But, Santa Clause is something made up and plays a big part in distracting others from the true meanings of Christmas. By saying this, I mean Jesus is known to be born of this day and we give gifts in honor of St. Nicholas with his gift giving to children. There for jolly, old, fat guy in a red suit known as Santa Clause doesn't exist. Never did, never will. With this information it has been concluded that we have been lied to.