Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving is the thirty-ninth episode in the VeggieTales

VeggieTales

VeggieTales is an American series of children's computer animated films featuring anthropomorphic vegetables in stories conveying moral themes based on Christianity...

 animated series. It is the third Christmas-themed VeggieTales episode after The Toy That Saved Christmas

The Toy that Saved Christmas

The Toy that Saved Christmas is the sixth episode of the VeggieTales animated series and the first holiday special in that series. It was released in October 1996 on VHS. Unlike its predecessors it does not feature an opening/closing countertop. Like the other holiday episodes, it also has no "A...

 and The Star of Christmas

The Star of Christmas

The Star of Christmas is the eighteenth episode of the VeggieTales animated series and the second holiday special in that series. It was released on October 29, 2002 and re-released September 5, 2006 in Holiday Double Feature with its earlier episode The Toy that Saved Christmas. Like the other...

. Instead of "Silly Songs With Larry", we're introduced to a new "Helpful Humanitarian Songs with Mr. Lunt," called "Donuts For Benny." He sings about giving donuts to a mangy mutt named Benny. The "Silly Song" segment with Mr. Lunt first appeared in Madame Blueberry

Madame Blueberry

Madame Blueberry is the tenth episode in the VeggieTales animated series. It was released in July 1998 and issued on DVD May 20, 2003. Subtitled "A Lesson in Thankfulness", it conveys the message that material possessions will never truly make us happy...

with "His Cheeseburger". He appears in Bob's story as Octavius. It's the first video since "An Easter Carol" to not have the "VeggieTales Theme Song", since this is a Christmas video. Despite the "VeggieTales Theme Song" not being found on this video, there's still a Silly Song on this video.

Plot

Bob, Larry and the other veggies find out that Laura's Dad might be out of a job and that her stocking will be empty. While Larry thinks a letter to the North Pole should fix the problem, Bob knows what will really help... and tells the story of a little boy named Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever. The story starts off with Laura's dad's truck breaking down, and the mechanic Gustav will only fix it for double the normal price. Then everyone sings about Christmas presents and Bob asks Junior Asparagus what Christmas is about, and Larry points to the nativity set. Junior Asparagus asks Bob what Santa has to do with Jesus, and Bob starts telling the story of Saint Nicholas. Nick is at church and afterwards, he and his dad go fishing. While they are there, they see Gustav firing a man who has no food, and Nick's dad gives him of the fish they caught. That night, Nick's parents go to help a sick person, but they get sick and die. Nick sails to Bethlehem, where he hears about Jesus, and goes back to Greece. While there, he gives coins to three girls to pay the fine, because Gustav had became mayor and made a rule that you must not give people items for free, and they had broken this rule. Then Bob ends the story when the girls get the coins, and the entire town gives money to help fix Laura's dad's truck, so he can finish his delivery.