Hauv kev tawm tsam ua ntej Ukraine thiab nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Lavxias, hmo ntuj los ntawm 18 txog 19 Kaum Ob Hlis, cov menyuam yaus tos tsis txaus siab, vim tias khoom plig los ntawm St. Nicholas yuav tsum tshwm nyob rau hauv lawv lub tog hauv ncoo. Tam sim no txoj kev cai no yuav luag tsis nco qab, thiab menyuam yaus pom lawv cov khoom plig nyob rau hauv Xyoo Tshiab lossis Christmas tsob ntoo.
Lub sijhawm thib 3-4 xyoo pua, Saint Nicholas, Archbishop ntawm Mirlikia, yog tus tswv yug yaj ntawm Antioch ntseeg. Nws tau nqes mus rau hauv keeb kwm raws li ib tus neeg tuaj koom rau hauv Thawj Pawg Sab Laj ntawm Nicea, uas sib sau ua ke cov dogmas yooj yim ntawm cov lus qhuab qhia Christian. Txawm li cas los xij, Archbishop Mirlikisy tsis tau tso tseg qee yam theological ua haujlwm. Nws yog thawj fwm rau nws txoj kev hlub tshua thiab kev siab hlub, nrog rau qhov khoom plig rau qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb uas nws tau txais los ntawm Vajtswv.
Hnub Nicholas tau dhau los ua menyuam cov hnub so hauv thaj av ntawm lub tebchaws Yelemes ntau pua xyoo tom qab kev tuag ntawm Archbishop ntawm Mirliki. Yav dhau los, nws yog tus neeg saib xyuas cov qhua, neeg nuv ntses thiab cov neeg tsav nkoj. Hauv qee lub tebchaws nyob rau sab qab teb Europe (tshwj xeeb hauv Bulgaria thiab tim Nkij teb chaws) thiab hauv Ukraine, lawv tseem thov Vajtswv rau nws ua ntej taug kev ntev thiab ntawm kev fij tseg nkoj. Saint Nicholas tau raug suav tias yog tus tiv thaiv ntawm kev tsis ncaj ncees, kev tawm tsam thiab kev pluag. Ib qho ntawm nws qhov txuj ci tseem ceeb tau suav hais tias yog kev cawm dim ntawm peb tus viv ncaus kwv tij los ntawm kev txaj muag thiab kev ua nkauj nraug. Saint Nicholas cog peb lub hnab nrog kub nyob hauv lawv lub tsev.
Nrog kev tshwm sim ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawm cov tsev teev ntuj thiab cov tsev teev hawm loj, Nicholas the Wonderworker tau los ua tus saib xyuas cov tub ntxhais kawm: los ntawm lub neej ntawm cov neeg dawb huv nws paub tias nws tau kawm kev tshawb fawb yooj yim thaum menyuam yaus. Hauv lub xyoo pua 11th, nyob rau hnub ua kev zoo siab ntawm cov neeg dawb huv (Kaum Ob Hlis 19), hauv Cologne Cathedral, cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawm lub tsev kawm ntawv tau muab khoom qab zib, raws li muaj cov ntaub ntawv sib xws hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm lub tsev teev ntuj.
Saint Nicholas feem ntau tsis tuaj ib leeg. Hauv Western Europe, tus nees luav pab nws xa khoom plig, rau cov menyuam yaus uas tawm ntawm kev kho mob hauv pem teb los ntawm lawv cov txaj - zaub ntug hauv paus los yog zaub qhwv. Hauv Bohemia, cov neeg dawb huv nrog ib tus tim tswv thiab tus imp. Lawv txhua tus muaj ib phau ntawv, uas teev txhua yam ua zoo thiab ua phem ntawm tus menyuam lossis tus menyuam no. Saint Nicholas tuaj txog rau cov menyuam yaus Ukrainian nyob rau hauv lub golden sleigh rub los ntawm golden-maned nees, nkag mus rau hauv lub tsev pom thiab tawm nws cov khoom plig nyob hauv qab lub hauv ncoo nyob rau hauv lub txaj ntawm tus me nyuam pw. Cov me nyuam tsis txaus siab yuav pom tsuas yog tus pas nrig xwb tsis khoom plig thaum sawv ntxov.
