MattGoodmanUK.com

Weather Forecast

For alternative forecasts see page: Astronomy

Disclaimer

Whilst some care has been taken to check externally linked websites no responsibility is offered nor implied for the suitability, legality or reliability of content therein.

Matt Goodman UK

Welcome To Matt’s Links

The website to keep you in touch with technology, hobbies, pubs and local places to go. Please let me know if any items do not display properly on your browser and it would be handy to know which browser you are using. Or email me with suggestions at:

m*a*t*t*g*o*o*d*m*a*n*u*k*@*g*m*a*i*l*.*c*o*m (stars added to prevent spam)

MattGoodman UK on www.mattgoodmanuk.com

Click here for: Previous Petite Wisdoms

Fascinating Facts
Fascinating Art

Fascinating Science

Need A Website To

Receiving Internet Radio
Places To Go -UK

WLondonHistoryPhotos

ModelEng
PATesting

Alcester Grammar

Computer Efficiency
Pixelmator Helps

Family Tree Goodman

Family Tree Gee

Family Tree Oxenham

Family Tree Lampshire

Family Tree SmithsInNZ

Family Tree Perkins

This website first created: 2009

Last Page Count: 403 pages

Total described links: 1000’s

Established 27th Nov 2009

Petite Wisdoms

An occasional look at why we bother to be here:

No page on this website is ever designed to ever plant cookies or any other files on your computer.

12 Glorious Years With No Ads and No Cookies

Petite Wisdoms: St Nicolas
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and traveled the countryside helping the poor and sick. One of the best-known St. Nicholas stories is the time he saved three poor sisters from being sold into slavery or prostitution by their father by providing them with a dowry so that they could be married.

Over the course of many years Nicholas’s popularity spread and he became known as the protector of children and sailors. His feast day is celebrated on the anniversary of his death, December 6. This was traditionally considered a lucky day to make large purchases or to get married. By the Renaissance, St. Nicholas was the most popular saint in Europe. Even after the Protestant Reformation, when the veneration of saints began to be discouraged, St. Nicholas maintained a positive reputation, especially in Holland. We can make this hard world a better place to live by giving to others less fortunate than ourselves like St Nicolas did.
My thanks for this piece go to History.com

What’s New In January 2022

Pages Updated:

Last Update: 16/1/2022

PlacesToGo-Cotswolds -Broken links fixed.