Jolly Old St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas is one of the most interesting people in the history of the world. It is thought that St. Nicholas was born in the village Patara in the 3 rd century AD. This area is mainly Greek, now part of Turkey. St. Nicholas became a Catholic. St. Nicholas lives under the reference of Jesus, "I will sell what you have and donate money to the poor." Young Nicolas keep these words in mind and use his whole estate to help poor people and suffering. holy

This was in 2003. My wife Jana is very excited. Because I finally found the rude and addictive Maurice Chevalier version of "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" that she cherished as a child. Indeed, as a result of searching for years, we found that three records are waiting for Pittsfield's goodwill. I do not remember exactly how it started, but in 1985 when I entered Tower Records at 66th Avenue and may have been in New York when I bought the first Christmas record together. I always value the rare, fun full of live broadcast duets of "Jingle Bells" by Sinatra and Crosby. Looking for Christmas records has become a pursuit of holidays all the year round until today

Ray Conniff Singers recorded part of the song as part of "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" released at the album "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". 1967 "Little Drummer Boy" Lou Rawls, partly released as a single in conjunction with Conniff's 1959 White Christmas, released the song on his Christmas album "Merry Christmas Ho". Hello! This version was also released as a Capitol Records single, ranked second in the Billboard Magazine Special Christmas Singles list in December 1969 and ranked fifth in December 1969 on the same chart.

How did this Saint Nicolas become a North Pole resident of Christmas gift? The original saint was a Greek person born in 280 years after Christ, who became a bishop of the modern Turkish Roman town of Myra. Nicolas is neither fat nor happy, but during the "great persecution" in which the Bible was placed in the torch and the priest gave up Christianity and faced the execution, they are violent and provocative church advocacy It became the name of the person. Nicholas ignored these statutes and led Christianity to occupy an important position in his empire for many years. Nicholas' s reputation is related to many miracles and since his respect for him continued until this day, he was on December 6 (December 6 in the unknown year in the middle of April) , Lasted long. Santa does not matter.