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This is Day 6 of the 2022 encore of the 2009 season of the Lifespring! Why Christmas show, hosted by James Cooper, creator of whychristmas.com and me, the OG Godcaster, Steve Webb.

Every day from now to christmas day, you’ll hear an episode from the 2009 season. If you’re  not yet subscribed or following the show, you can do that at lifespringwhychristmas.show.

And if you enjoy the show and would like to give some value back, you can do so at lifespringwhychristmas.show/support.

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All about St. Nicholas!

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Steve Webb 0:02Hello and welcome back. This is day six of the 2022 encore of the 2009 season of the Lifespring Why Christmas show hosted by James Cooper, creator of whychristmas.com. And me, the OG Godccaster, Steve Webb. Every day from now to Christmas day you'll hear an episode from the 2009 season. And if you're not yet subscribed or following the show, you can do that at LifespringWhyChristmas.show. If you enjoy the show, and you'd like to give back some value you can do so at LifespringWhyChristmas.show/support.

Steve Webb 0:54Welcome to the Lifespring Why Christmas show day six. I'm Steve Webb and I'll be your host today. I hope you've been enjoying the shows as much as James and I are enjoying putting them together for you.

Steve Webb 0:33support.

Steve Webb 1:06Well, today's a very extra special Christmassy day because it's St. Nicholas is Day. Today many children around the world will wake up to find that they've received presents from St. Nicholas or Sinterklaas. St Nicholas his day is widely celebrated in Europe, especially in the Netherlands where he's better known as Sinterklaas. Today he'll be traveling to Amsterdam wearing his red bishops robes. He travels with his servant called Black Peter. Last night on St. Nicholas Eve which is December the fifth children left their clogs or shoes out to be filled with presents. You know when the song Santa Claus is Coming to Town it says that Santa is making a list checking it twice gonna find out who's naughty and nice. Well in Holland children are told that it's Sinterklaas, his servant Black Peter, who keeps a record of all the things that they've done in the past year in a book and that good children will get presents from Sinterklaas, but bad children will get chased by Black Peter with a stick. You know, it's too bad. My kids have gotten too old to be motivated that way. Now that I think about it, you can find out more about Sinterklaas on the Holland page of why christmas.com So you now know about St. Nicholas in the Netherlands. But how and why did he start delivering presents? And why is he got so many names? Well, St. Nicholas was originally a fourth century bishop in what is now Turkey. He was a very kind man and had a reputation for helping the poor and giving secret gifts to people who needed help. The most famous story about how St. Nick started giving presents also tells of how the custo...