While it's not celebrated nationwide, St. Nicholas Day holds a special place ... Don Heinrich Tolzmann t old The Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY network, in 2021. Tolzmann is curator ...

Images of St. Nicholas vary considerably ... in what I think are rather indecent long johns." Merry old Santa Claus 1880s, Thomas Nast Illustration by Thomas Nast, North Wind Picture Archives ...

While the old Dutch costumes and Dutch customs have long fallen into disuse, and are almost forgotten by the multitude, the St. Nicholas Society, growing stronger and wealthier year by year ...

Though Christmas carols and Claymation specials have for some reason neglected the heist of St. Nick ... laid on top of a much older and sterner figure. The historical Nicholas was bishop ...

THE true face of the man that inspired Father Christmas can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years - after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull. Saint Nicholas of Myra ...

Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports. This would make ...