Common St. Nick's Day items include oranges, chocolate coins and candy canes. It is also common for children to leave letters for St. Nicholas and carrots or grass for his donkey or horse.

In Europe, where the St. Nicholas traditions originated, it's customary to leave shoes or stockings for St. Nick to fill with treats such as oranges, chocolate coins and candy canes. Many families ...

Any kid can tell you where Santa Claus is from—the North Pole. But his historical journey is even longer and more fantastic than his annual, one-night circumnavigation of the globe. The ...

The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many across the region as St. Nick's Day, takes place annually Dec. 6. Though the holiday involves stockings and small gifts, it is separate from ...

St. Nick’s Day is the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra, a 4 th century bishop, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. St. Nicholas is referred to as the Patron Saint of Children ...

St. Nicholas was a real catch ... middle of a trade route to ask for a prosperous voyage and buy a vial of the Nick liquor. After all, there were a couple of priests with them.

The feast day of St. Nicholas, Dec. 6, was celebrated by the Dutch as a gift-giving day when children put out their shoes to be filled with goodies by St. Nick, who had evolved into a mystical ...

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 ...

according to the St. Nicholas Center, children will hang stockings or put out their shoes on Dec. 5 with a wish list for Santa inside. St. Nick will then make a visit to collect the letters ...