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The most wonderful time of the year; the season of Christmas πŸŽ„πŸŽ„

For it is in giving that we receive. - St. Francis of Assisi  Today at church, as everyone wished everyone a merry Christmas, gifts went round too. Mimi went on her usual Christmas β€˜trick or treat’ and came back with goodies. My mum had packaged presents for people and she sent me with a packaged gift for this particular daddy in our church. Meanwhile, did you know that the tradition of giving gifts at Christmas originated from St. Nicholas' generosity at Christmas in those days? According to what I've learned, St. Nicholas used to give gifts unfailingly to the poor in the season of Christmas and he always wore coats and boots because it's winter season at Christmas, and walked about carrying a big bag filled with presents and he had a big belly, so somehow, as the years went by, people began to associate Christmas with presents. Please take your time to search for the story on Google, this is what I remember from the story Seember narrated to Mimi.    So I went with this...