Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian ...

It might feel like he has been around as long as the North Pole, but the Santa Claus name so frequently mentioned by Americans to refer to old Saint Nicholas come Christmas Eve is a surprisingly ...

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 ...

Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports. This would make Santa approximately 1,744 years old today. Need a break? Play the USA ...

Researchers discovered the sarcophagus in the heart of the 7th century church built to honor jolly old Saint Nick, who was a 4th century bishop in the Mediterranean city of Myra prior to his move ...

Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of Nieuw Amsterdam — today's New York. Sinterklaas then became Santa Claus, the friendly old man in a fur-trimmed coat and cap, with red cheeks and beard.

Yet no depiction of the man behind the myth survives from his lifetime, with most representations of ‘Old Saint Nick’ dating to centuries after his death in 343 AD. Now his living face can be ...

My earliest encounter with St Nicholas is so long ago that I can’t remember exactly when it was, but it happened when I was learning to play the piano, so maybe when I was about seven years old.

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 ...

Today is Friday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2024. There are 32 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched ...

I’M JOSHUA DAV Thanksgiving is Thursday, but that hasn’t stopped some folks from celebrating Christmas early this year, with jolly old St. Nick setting up his workshop in the Friendly Center ...