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.

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 ...

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 ...

In Europe, where the St. Nicholas traditions originated, it's customary to leave shoes or stockings for St. Nick to fill with ...

St. Nicholas, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 6, is known to possibly be the real-life inspiration for the beloved Christmas character of Santa Claus. Not a lot is known about the historical ...

Though Christmas carols and Claymation specials have for some reason neglected the heist of St. Nick’s dead body ... first to steal the bones of St. Nicholas—known to us as Santa Claus ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...