Nicholas Leppenlüder The man who brought warmth to our hearts through his humanitarian work. Jon Stephenson Sunday March 12, 2006 The Guardian A great man has passed at the age of 592. Known by many names including Nisse, Le Père Noël, Weihnachtsmann and Father Christmas, Nicholas Leppenlüder was a public yet a private figure. He had an aura of secrecy about him as he would only show himself on the holiest of nights, Christmas Eve, and even then he preferred to remain unseen. The other 364...