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Saint Nicholas and the Patron Saint of Brewers

Dec 22, 2009 by Kathleen  |  

Santa Claus is known in America these days as the big man in red who brings presents to children every Christmas in a sleigh pulled by eight flying reindeer. This image of him came from author Clement C. Moore, who wrote the original Christmas story “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (now we call it “The Night Before Christmas”) in 1823. Long before Moore however, Saint Nicholas, a real man born in Turkey in the fourth century, was known as the Patron Saint of Brewers.

It is thanks to Clement C. Moore that St. Nicholas has such a vital role in our children’s lives and our own American traditions today. In honor of the Patron Saint of Brewers, Jay Brooks of the Brookston Beer Bulletin re-wrote the story with a crafty little spin.

‘Twas the beer before Christmas, when down in the brewery
Not a bottle was stirring, not a mouse dared to scurry;
The hoses were hung by the kettle with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would drink there;

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