If you were to ask a child where Santa Claus was born, you would probably hear the answer - "In Lapland" (or "At the North Pole!"). Actually, even some adults don't know that the original Santa was born centuries ago - he was St. Nicholas, called..
According to legend, besides patron saint of fishermen and seafarers, St Nicholas also protects bankers. In 1992, the Association of Commercial Banks and the Bulgarian National Bank reinstated the tradition, broken for 45 years, of celebrating..