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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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