I create cute characters made of felt for your wedding, parties or special events (communion, baptism, birth, birthday, Xmas...).
Each one can be customised (job, hobby, hair colour, etc..), just ask me ;)
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Here is a pretty Saint Nicholas doll that you can use as a decoration or for place settings (or as a present, or as a cake topper, etc...). Everyone will get in a festive mood !
The story :
St. Nicholas was a Christian bishop who provided for the poor and sick, and is the basis for the popular character of Santa Claus. He was born sometime circa 280 in Patara, an area that is part of present-day Turkey. A devout Christian, he later served as bishop of Myra.
Several sources state St. Nicholas is believed to have died on December 6, 343. Over the years, stories of his miracles and work for the poor spread to other parts of the world. He became known as the protector of children and sailors and was associated with gift-giving. He was a popular saint in Europe until the time of the Reformation in the 1500s, a religious movement that led to the creation of Protestantism, which turned away from the practice of honoring saints. St. Nicholas, however, remained an important figure in Holland and in France (East regions like Alsace and Lorraine).
The Dutch anf the French continued to celebrate the feast day of St. Nicholas, December 6. It was a common practice for children to put out their shoes the night before. In the morning, they would discover the gifts that St. Nicholas had left there for them. Dutch immigrants brought St. Nicholas, known to them as Sint Nikolaas or by his nickname Sinter Klaas, and his gift-giving ways to America in the 1700s.
In America, St. Nicholas went through many transformations and eventually Sinter Klaas became Santa Claus. Instead of giving gifts on December 6, he became a part of the Christmas holiday. In the 1820 poem "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore, he is described as a jolly, heavy man who comes down the chimney to leave presents for deserving children and drives a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer. The cartoonist Thomas Nast added to the St. Nicholas legend with an 1881 drawing of Santa as wearing a red suit with white fur trim. Once a kind, charitable bishop, St. Nicholas had become the Santa Claus we know today.
(text thanks to http://www.biography.com/people/st-nicholas-204635)
Feastday: December 6
To know more about St Nicholas, please check out this wonderful website : http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/home/
Approximately 3,85 inches tall
Please note: This doll is not a toy but rather a lovely decorative ornament. She should be kept out of the reach of children under 3 years of age.
Each doll is individually hand made so yours may vary slightly from the photos.
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