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Parents go back and forth on what they should tell their kids about Santa Claus. But maybe they should try the truth. He really existed.

Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, but down Santa Claus lane.

He came from what is now the nation of Turkey and his real life generosity, 1700 years ago, still inspires generosity today.

We call Santa St. Nick for a reason. Nicholas was born around 280-80 in the Maritime City of Patera and spent much of his life in the coastal town Amira.

He was a wealthy man, orphaned at a young age, who became a religious leader deeply involved in the life of the church.

He went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and was eventually ordained to Bishop.

As far as Saints go, he's wildly popular. The St. Nicholas Center lists 390 churches in America alone that are named for him.

And there are churches all around the world named after St. Nick, including one where I worshiped in Uganda, the Orthodox Cathedral in Kampala.

Because Nicholas was and is so popular, he's attracted a lot of pious myths over the centuries. And I'm not just talking about flying reindeer with red noses.

Santa Claus here comes Santa Claus right down Santa Claus lane.

One story about Nicholas probably does have a great of historical truth though. There are many different versions of it, but here's the gist.

An unlucky widower had three daughters. Without money for dowries, he knew no one would marry the girls, which was a big problem in those days.

The options were few, and I know it sounds crazy now, but the man decided to sell his youngest daughter into slavery to pay the dowry for the oldest daughter.

Somehow, Nicholas found out and decided to help. He knew the poor man was proud and wouldn't accept a gift, so he tossed a bag of gold through an open window.

Over the next two years, he did it again on the same date, and then again, the third time the poor man was waiting up to catch Nicholas in the act.

At this point, his pride was no longer an issue. The man was crying.

He thanked Nicholas for taking care of his daughters. Modestly, Nicholas said the money ultimately came not from him, but from God.

The man then went out and told everyone who would listen about Nicholas' generosity, even though Nicholas told him not to.

Parts of this story are embellished. In one version, Nicholas throws the money through the chimney and it lands and the girl stockings drying by the fire.

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