The Story of Santa Claus
There once lived a wealthy and rich man name Nicholas who lived in the North Pole. He
was a kind, generous man. Nicholas enjoyed surprising people and he often did things
to make others happy. Nicholas had a special hobby. He would carve out pretty wooden
toys in his free time, but no one ever saw these toys.
It was Christmas time and Nicholas wanted to do something special for the children
around him. While sitting in his chair one morning, he suddenly had an idea. Nicholas
was going to carve many beautiful toys for all the little boys and girls’ Christmas
presents. He would go climb up the chimney of all the houses and drop presents into the
stockings that hung near the fireplace. Late that night while everyone slept, Nicholas
crept towards a nearby house and climbed to the top of the roof. He threw a toy into the
chimney and quickly climbed back down.
Nicholas did this to several houses, but after sometime he became tired. He quickly
went back to his house and pulled out his sleigh and tied them to his reindeers. Nicholas
set back out into the snow and cold but not far long, his sleigh got stuck in the snow.
Nicholas was trying to pull the reindeers out of the snow when suddenly an angel
appeared. The angel said: “Nicholas you are a good man and I want to help you.” The
angel touched the reindeers and said “Now these reindeers are special, they will be able
to fly.” The angel then waved her hand and a group of small elves appeared. They were
dressed in green clothes, wore tall green hats and had long funny ears. “They will
deliver gifts, and bring happiness to many children. They are also fast and will help you
make all kinds of toys.” Nicholas was in shock but was very happy. Everyone got into the
sleigh and with one shake of the ropes, the reindeers took of into the sky flying high to
spread Christmas love and cheer.
Nicholas said “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!” The next morning the
children woke up and ran to the fireplace. They pulled of the gifts from the stockings
and screamed with joy! “Mommy someone magically put a gift in our stocking. It’s a
beautiful toy!”
And that is the story of how Nicholas became Santa Claus. He now is the man we know
on a Christmas long ago.
