You know, lots of people think that St. Nicholas is just another name for Santa Claus. 要知道，很多人认为圣尼古拉斯是另一个名字圣诞老人。

But Santa is also called Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, and some other names. 不过，圣诞老人也被称为圣诞老人，克里斯林果，以及一些其他的名字。

But behind all of these names is a boy who lived in what is now western Turkey about 1700 years ago. 但后面所有的这些名字是男孩谁住在现在的土耳其西部约1700年前。

His name was Nicholas. 他的名字叫尼古拉斯。

   

Now when Nicholas was a little boy, a plague struck his home town and both his parents got sick and they died. 现在，当尼古拉斯是一个小男孩，一场瘟疫袭击了他的家乡和他的父母病了还是死了。

He went to live with his uncle who was a monk in a monastery, who taught him all about God and Jesus. 他去住他的叔叔是谁在寺院出家，谁教他关于上帝和耶稣。

Now when Nicholas' parents died, they left him all of their money. 现在，当尼古拉斯的父母去世了，他们离开了他所有的钱。

But monks are supposed to be poor, so Nicholas resolved to give it all away, especially to other children in trouble. 但僧侣应该是穷人，所以谢霆锋决定放弃了这一切，特别是在麻烦其他孩子。

There's a wonderful story about three girls who cold not get married because they had no dowries. 有一个精彩的故事，关于三个女孩谁寒不结婚，因为他们没有嫁妆。

Now in those days a girl had to have a big sum of money, or a dowry, if she was to marry. 现在，在那些日子里一个女孩必须有一大笔钱，或者嫁妆，如果她结婚。

If she didn't, she'd be sold as a slave. 如果她没有，她被卖为奴隶。

Nicholas heard of this and he came up with a plan. 尼古拉斯听到这个消息，他想出了一个计划。

Late at night he tossed a stocking full of gold coins through the bedroom window of the oldest daughter. 夜深了，他抛出过大女儿的卧室的窗户袜子满金币。

Soon she married a good husband. 不久，她嫁给了一个好老公。

She said she had the dowry hidden away in her sock. 她说她的嫁妆藏在她的袜子。

Nicholas again tossed a sock full of money through the window of the second daughter. 谢霆锋再通过第二个女儿的窗口扔了装满钱的袜子。

She, too, soon married. 她也很快就结婚了。

But when Nicholas crept up to the house with the third sock full of money for the third daughter, he found all of the windows were shut. 但是，当尼古拉斯蹑手蹑脚的房子与第三袜子装满钱的第三个女儿，他发现所有的窗户都关了。

So he did what boys sometimes do. 于是，他做了什么，孩子们有时会做。

He climbed up on the roof and he dropped it down the chimney and it landed in the girl's shoes, which were beside the hearth. 他爬上屋顶，然后他就把它从烟囱下来，并降落在女孩的鞋子，这是壁炉旁边。

When she, too, married claiming that her dowry was in her shoes, people were amazed, and they said to one another, "It's some kind of miracle." 当她也结婚了，声称她的嫁妆是她的鞋子，让人惊奇，他们彼此说：“这是某种奇迹。 ”

St. Nicholas was an orphan boy who became a priest and then a bishop, who loved Jesus and God and gave away all of his wealth to the poor, and especially to children in trouble. 圣尼古拉斯是谁成为一名牧师，然后一个主教，谁爱耶稣和上帝，给了他丰富的全给了穷人，特别是对处于困境的儿童成为孤儿的男孩。