St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D., and the day is celebrated as a feast day.

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, typically by filling the stockings and shoes children leave out overnight with sweets and toys. It also is a fitting date for the patron saint ...

Saint Nicholas traditions abound around the world, many of them very old and fascinating. But through these traditions and across the centuries runs the strong thread of the real man Nicholas, the ...

St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. The day is celebrated as a feast day. The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became ...

Nicholas gradually became an international phenomenon in the Old World. By the end of the fifteenth century, more than 2,500 churches, monasteries, hospitals, schools, and works of art had been ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick for short — but he’s far from the only figure in history to have that title ...

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, typically by filling the stockings and shoes children leave out overnight with sweets and toys. It also is a fitting date for the patron saint ...

St. Nicholas was named a saint by the church on Dec. 6, which is the same day he is believed to have died in 343 A.D. The day is celebrated as a feast day.

MYTH NO. 2: Saint Nicholas was a jolly man in a red coat. From 1931 to 1964, artist Haddon Sundblom painted enchantingly warm scenes of Santa’s home and hearth for the Coca-Cola Company.