Saint Nicholas of Myrna
"In his most famous exploit,[33] a poor man had three daughters but could not afford a proper dowry for them. This meant that they would remain unmarried and probably, in absence of any other possible employment, would have to become prostitutes. Even if they did not, unmarried maidens in those days would have been assumed as being a prostitute. Hearing of the girls' plight, Nicholas decided to help them, but being too modest to help the family in public (or to save them the humiliation of accepting charity), he went to the house under the cover of night and threw three purses (one for each daughter) filled with gold coins through the window opening into the house."
"Learning That There's No Santa Taught Me To Believe"
Rich Cohen
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/learning-that-theres-no-santa-taught-me.html
Greetings,
Wondering what to "get" your "hard-to-please friends" this Christmas?
Here's a little something to warm their hearts.
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Ho! Ho! Ho!
Happy Holy Days!
Pax-Shalom-Salaam
Alan
"And to all a good night!"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171924
"How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
My audio recording
https://soundcloud.com/alan-archibald
"Santa Claus Is More Real Than You Are"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2011/12/real-presence-of-santa-claus.html
"And to all a good night!"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171924
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