There’s good reason to believe that Good King Wenceslas was gay, the one in the Christmas carol.Saint Wenceslaus I (907–935) was duke of Bohemia now the Czech Republic .
The carol “Good King Wenceslas” is based on a legend about Wenceslaus and his loyal page Podiven. According to the story, it was a bitterly cold night when they went out to give alms to the poor on the Feast of St.
Stephen, Dec. 26. Podiven could not walk any farther on his bare, frozen feet, so Wenceslas urged him to follow in his footsteps.
His footprints in the snow stayed miraculously warm, allowing the pair to continue safely together.Many details in the Christmas carol are pious fiction, but the king and his page are both grounded in historical truth.