Advent is upon us and it's time to start thinking toward Christmas!
Blessed Jacobus de Voragine, a medieval archbishop and biographer, chronicled a number of stories about the saints in a book entitled the
Legenda Aurea ("The Golden Legend") , including the biography of a certain
Sanctus Nicolaus, whose story you can read, in Latin, on the Latin Library website
. The feast day of St. Nicholas is December 6th and in some European countries this is the day that children wake up to find gifts and sweets left in their shoes . De Voragine also recorded the story of
Sancta Lucia, whose feast day is December 13th, another joyful holiday celebrated in many European countries with parties, angel costumes, candles and sweets.
If you'd prefer, you can read two English versions of the St. Nicholas story from the Legenda Aurea:
