2. Speaking of Santa Claus, it goes back many centuries. His prototype is a kind bishop named "Saint Claus". This bishop, who lived in the 4th century, is well-known for his caring for children and charity. It is said that when his parents died, he distributed all his property to the poor in his hometown.
3. At that time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters behind. The nobleman ran out of money by trying to invent. They had to move to a farmhouse to live, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves.
4. A few years later, the daughters gradually reached the age of marriage, but the father became even more depressed because he had no money to buy a dowry for his daughters. One night, after washing clothes, the daughters hung stockings in front of the fireplace to dry. When Saint Nicholas learned about their father's situation, he came to their house that night. He saw from the window that the whole family was asleep, and he also noticed the girls' stockings. That is, he took out three small bags of gold from his pocket and threw them down the chimney one by one, just falling into the girls' stockings.
5. The next morning, the daughters woke up and found that their stockings were full of gold, which was enough for them to buy a dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughters get married with his own eyes, and lived a happy life from then on. Since then, it has become a tradition to hang socks and put gifts in socks on the fireplace under the chimney, and it has been passed down. Nicholas also became the prototype of Santa Claus, which was later told, and drilling the chimney became the way Santa Claus gave gifts in the story.