My name day

The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic Gods giving, by grace, through faith, and this is not of ourselves."
- St. Nicholas of Myra

Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, prostitutes, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students in various cities and countries around Europe. His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints, and his legendary habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the traditional model of Santa Claus —Wikipedia

St Nicholas was bishop of the Greek maritime city Myra in Asia Minor. I bought this battered copy of an icon in Kensington Market around 1970, and have clung onto it ever since