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Saint Nicholas, Gift-Bearer to Europeans

During the years between my death and the twelfth century I was loved by many Europeans, but not as the gift-bearer that I have become. I was hailed as a "Miracle Maker", as the Russians called me. It was not until the 1300s in France that I began giving gifts. It was then that the modern myths about me began.

Saint Nicholas, Gift-Bearer to Europeans

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