BALTIMORE, MD – It’s a Christmas story that has a lot of people talking. Blogger Aisha Harris wrote that instead of having a white Santa, perhaps Santa should be a penguin, thus eliminating ...

Devotees flocked to Alba de Tormes, Spain, in 2024 to witness the rare public display of St. Teresa of Avila's remains, last exhibited in 1914. A subsequent examination revealed remarkable ...

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 ...

After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain ...

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 ...

Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the philanthropic Greek bishop and inspiration behind Christmas icon Santa Claus. The six-foot-long limestone ...

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 ...

The feast day commemorates the death of St. Nicholas on December 6, 343 A.D. A centuries-old festival, it is especially celebrated with much enthusiasm in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands ...

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who, as a nursing infant, fasted on holy days and whose bones were stolen ...

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 seen ...

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 ...