The Dec. 6 Feast of St. Nicholas became a popular tradition during the medieval period, particularly in Germany and German-speaking countries. St. Nick's Day occurs annually Dec. 6, which is a ...

But in the past, people swapped gifts quite a bit earlier: on December 6, the day that honors the Feast of Saint Nicholas. This tradition of giving presents on December 6 faded out as people began ...

The traditional Feast of St. Nicholas under the Orthodox calendar ... "The exchange of cultural traditions rooted in the millennium-old history of the two countries, is required to overcome ...

Sant Nikolas in German or Sinterklaas in Dutch. It led me to reminisce how I anticipated this feast as a child. We would set our shoes by ...

Editor’s note: This is the latest in a Saturday series of stories and photographs featuring local holiday traditions ... we celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas," said the Very Rev ...

Saint Nicholas ... He is also called Nicholas of Bari because his relics were taken to Bari by Italian merchants in 1087. He is associated with Chirstmas because of the tradition that he had ...