The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became a popular tradition during the medieval period, particularly in Germany and German-speaking countries. St. Nicholas Day is the feast day of St. Nicholas ...

The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became a popular tradition during the medieval period, particularly in Germany and German-speaking countries. St. Nicholas Day is the feast day of St. Nicholas ...

The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became a popular tradition during the medieval period, particularly in Germany and German-speaking countries. St. Nick's Day occurs annually Dec. 6, which is a ...

Images of St. Nicholas vary considerably ... extreme extraordinary illustration with both, scrap-picture, Germany, circa 1910, Illustration via INTERFOTO, Alamy But after the Protestant ...

In countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, children leave their shoes out on the night of December 5. St. Nicholas fills these shoes with small gifts, candy, or treats, provided they ...

After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain ...

“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.

Churches across the world — including in Germany, Russia, and even Virginia — claim to possess relics of him. But the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, in Italy’s southern region of ...