There are less than 20 days until Christmas but for some Americans, holiday celebrations commence even sooner.. While it's not celebrated nationwide, St. Nicholas Day holds a special place for ...

Dec. 4, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Shoes are set out in the hopes of them being filled with sweets for St. Nicholas Day during the Ohio History Connection's annual Dickens of a Christmas event ...

The gist of it is this: In 1087 two Italian cities, Venice and Bari, raced to be the first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus—from a basilica in what is now southern ...

One of these characters is St. Nicholas (aka Santa Claus), the saintly legend whose story has been obscured by modern society. There are two events in his life that sum up Santa Claus.

This included Father Christmas, the Christmas Man, Joulupukki, and more. In Dutch, St. Nicholas was known as Sinterklaas (Sint Nikolas), which eventually became Santa Claus. How Coca-Cola changed ...