Saint Nicholas vs Arius Christmas Stocking

As the legend goes, Saint Nicholas was present at the Church’s First Ecumenical Council at Constantine’s summer palace in Nicea in 325. Hundreds of Bishops gathered there to refute the false views of Arius, a presbyter from Alexandria. Arius denied Christ’s deity. At one point while Arius was addressing the council, Jolly ol’ Saint Nicholas’s rage got the better of him. According to some of his biographers, Nicholas stood up, crossed the floor and promptly punched Arius in the face for his heretical views. We may not know the truth of this account until heaven, but it makes a great story about zeal for truth about Jesus Christ! Merry Christmas.