legend I found this browsing around the web. It seems that Santa Claus really existed, would be a Christian character linked to the medieval tradition: St. Nicholas of Myra. He was born in Patara (Turkey) by a rich local family, became bishop of Myra (Lycia) in the sixth century AD He died December 6 years of uncertainty and his remains were placed in Mira. In 1087, a group of Apulian disguised as merchants, stolen his remains and brought them to Bari, where are still preserved, and so became the patron saint.
It is said that Saint Nicholas give food to poor families of the place, dropping it anonimatamente from the chimneys of their houses and windows. What emerged was the belief of the old man who fell from chimneys gifts. In the popular imagination, however, became "the bearer of gifts", with assistance from a donkey on the night of December 6 (St. Nicholas in fact) or on Christmas Eve.
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