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DIRECTIONS: Read the story of the real Saint Nicholas on the Christmas.com Web site at http://christmas.com/html/real_saint_nick.html. Then use the information in the story to complete each sentence below.
1. Saint Nicholas is the national saint of Russia and
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| 2. Saint Nicholas is known as the friend to all those in
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| 3. Nicholas is the patron ___ ___ ___ ___ of poor children. |
| 4. Saint Nicholas was born in the Middle ___ ___ ___ . |
| 5. Saint Nicholas grew up near the coast of what is now the country called
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| 6. Saint Nicholas gave a gift to each of three daughters of a poor nobleman when each daughter was ready to ___ ___ ___ ___ . |
| 7. The gift was a bag of ___ ___ ___ . |
| 8. Saint Nicholas dropped the third daughter's gift in the house's
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Now rearrange the letters in the boxes above to find the answer to this riddle.
What gift did Santa give to the tired, old gingerbread man?
A * ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ * ____ ____ ____ ____ !
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