Saint Nicholas: Difference between revisions

Legends about him included: he would have [[Resurrection|brought back to life]] some boys who had drowned in pickle barrels; he would have thrown bags of [[gold]] through an open window to save three sisters from poverty and [[prostitution]]; at a mother's request, he would have prayed so hard that he saved her son and his two friends from drowning in a storm. The Doctor was in [[Myra (town)|Myra]] after the last of those deeds. 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]]'')

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. 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]]'')

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