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 ...

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 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 Day is so popular in Belgium that the country’s health minister wrote a letter to citizens this year assuring them their beloved St. Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, is allowed to visit ...

He also is the patron saint of sailors. In 1807, Italian sailors took the remains of St. Nicholas from Myra to the seaport of Bari, on the southeast coast of the boot of Italy.

St. Nicholas was a Christian Bishop, born in Patara, Turkey on March 15, 270 A.D. Stories say that he gifted dowries to help girls get married and brought three children back from death.