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suvlub t1_iuhmj1j wrote

Reply to comment by Stairwayunicorn in TIL that one of the most popular medieval legends about Saint Nicholas of Myra (the original basis for the legend of Santa Claus) involves him magically resurrecting three children who were murdered by an evil butcher and sold as cured meat. by themightyheptagon

It's a title gore, according to the article, he found them pickled, whole, before they had been sold.

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Perpetual_Doubt t1_iuht5oc wrote

The whole place is pickled

The people are pickles for sure

And no one knows if they've done more here

Than they ever would do in a jar

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PhilLeshmaniasis t1_iuisryl wrote

"W-what are you just staring at us for, bro? The butcher turned us into pickles, St. Nicholas!"

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