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{{Update|''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'' must be referenced. Moreover, connections with [[Santa Claus]] are to be addressed.}} | {{Update|''[[A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)|A Visit from Saint Nicholas]]'' must be referenced. Moreover, connections with [[Santa Claus]] are to be addressed.}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[ | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was the [[bishop]] of [[Myra (town)|Myra]] seven hundred years before the [[1078]]. He was considered a miracle-maker. | ||
Legends told tales such as: the boys who had drowned in pickle barrels and were [[Resurrection|brought back to life]] by the bishop; one winter's night, he threw bags of [[gold]] through an open window to save three sisters from poverty and [[prostitution]]; at a mother's request, he prayed so hard that he saved her son and his two friends from drowning in a storm. | |||
The Doctor was in [[Myra]] after the last of those dees. He befriended Nicholas and preconned to him he would have been a [[saint]] loved by the children. The Doctor was present at his funeral indeed.([[PROSE]]: ''[[Saint Nicholas's Bones (short story)|Saint Nicholas's Bones]]'') | |||
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He would have been worshipped as a saint and he would have been remembered as [[Father Christmas]] and [[Santa Claus]], a title derived from his name. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Saint Nicholas's Bones (short story)|Saint Nicholas's Bones]]'') | |||
The bones of Saint Nicholas were kept in a [[church]] in Myra. In [[1078]], when they were stolen by [[Italy|Italian]] sailors, the [[Second Doctor]] snuck on board their ship and replaced them with [[plastic]] ones. He then suggested to [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]] that they take the bones to the [[North Pole]] to bury them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Saint Nicholas's Bones (short story)|Saint Nicholas's Bones]]'') | |||
Several [[London]]ers in the [[17th century]] attempted to conjure Saint Nicholas but instead conjured an alien who called himself "[[Saint Nick (The Feast)|Saint Nick]]" and feasted on their belief in Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast]]'') | Several [[London]]ers in the [[17th century]] attempted to conjure Saint Nicholas but instead conjured an alien who called himself "[[Saint Nick (The Feast)|Saint Nick]]" and feasted on their belief in Christmas. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Feast]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 21:38, 13 December 2015
A Visit from Saint Nicholas must be referenced. Moreover, connections with Santa Claus are to be addressed.
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Saint Nicholas was the bishop of Myra seven hundred years before the 1078. He was considered a miracle-maker. Legends told tales such as: the boys who had drowned in pickle barrels and were brought back to life by the bishop; one winter's night, he threw bags of gold through an open window to save three sisters from poverty and prostitution; at a mother's request, he prayed so hard that he saved her son and his two friends from drowning in a storm.
The Doctor was in Myra after the last of those dees. He befriended Nicholas and preconned to him he would have been a saint loved by the children. The Doctor was present at his funeral indeed.(PROSE: Saint Nicholas's Bones)
Later references
He would have been worshipped as a saint and he would have been remembered as Father Christmas and Santa Claus, a title derived from his name. (PROSE: Saint Nicholas's Bones)
The bones of Saint Nicholas were kept in a church in Myra. In 1078, when they were stolen by Italian sailors, the Second Doctor snuck on board their ship and replaced them with plastic ones. He then suggested to Victoria that they take the bones to the North Pole to bury them. (PROSE: Saint Nicholas's Bones)
Several Londoners in the 17th century attempted to conjure Saint Nicholas but instead conjured an alien who called himself "Saint Nick" and feasted on their belief in Christmas. (PROSE: The Feast)
