Where did Santa come from?

There are a fair few theories about how we came to associate this jolly man that deliverers presents with Christmas, but all of them have one thing in common.

Back in the middle ages, around the fourth century, legend has it that St Nicholas dropped a bag of gold down the chimney of a man who couldn't afford his daughters dowry.

The bag fell into a stocking that was left beside the chimney.

The man tried to find the man who gave him the gold, and when was found, St Nick begged him not to reveal his identity.

From there on, every time someone was given a mysterious gift, it would be attributed to St Nick.

Europeans picked this idea up, and on the 6th of December every year they will leave their shoes and clogs out for St Nicolas to put presents in.

It was later on that his feast day became the 25th of December.

It was a cartoon from Thomas Nash that gave everyone the idea that he lived in the north pole after he published it showing elves working in his workshop with a list of naughty and nice children.

A lot of people also associate Santa wearing red with Coca Cola adverts, this is sort of true.

The red robes came from St Nicolas, over time they were changed to fur, but it was 19th century publications that picked up on the red suit.

It was then that Coca Cola depicted him as the fat, jolly, and cheerful man we know as Santa Claus.