On St. Nick's Eve, St. Nicholas fills stockings left out for children based on how they behaved that year. On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus – sometimes referred to as St. Nick, Kris Kringle or ...

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.

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a limestone sarcophagus in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Demre, Antalya, which they believe could be linked to Saint Nicholas himself, known worldwide as Santa ...

Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the philanthropic Greek bishop and ...

Saint Nicholas, whose feast day is observed by the Church on December sixth, is the great and good Saint who first acted the part of Santa Claus. How it happened is a real Christmas story of very ...

As Christmas approached ... According to Turkiye Today, work at the St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Antalya, has been ongoing since 1989 in the area where the discovery was made.

While some cultures still celebrate St. Nicholas Day and its traditions, the figure of Santa Claus is more commonly associated with Christmas. Cozy up with these Christmas movies: 100+ family ...

“St. Nicholas is a little hard to say ... The Calvinist Protestants of northern Germany moved the gift-giving to Christmas and dressed St. Nick in fur instead of bishop’s robes.