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Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, 270-343; bishop of Myra, in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor; reputed to have secretly delivered gold to a poor man so that his daughters would have dowries, and be able to marry; the basis of the modern day Santa Claus Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/6/22 Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14