For those who have heard of St. Nicholas Day, and for those who haven’t, the thought of yet another holiday to celebrate might sound daunting. While that can be true, I’ve found that the message of ...

Long before I spent two decades at the New York Daily News, New York’s hometown paper, one Christmas tradition never changed: “A Visit from St. Nicholas” ran on the editorial page every year. First ...

Why confine St. Nicholas to only one month of the year? As the patron of children, he’s on the job all 365 days. The St. Nicholas Project in Vermont knows this well, as the effort cares for a group of ...

Every year, the story of the jolly man in red bringing toys to the children reaches our ears. Where did he come from? When ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The legends surrounding jolly old St. Nicholas — celebrated annually on Dec. 6 — go way beyond delivering candy and toys to children. NEW YORK (AP) — The white-bearded Christian saint ...

My kids have the enduring knowledge that my love for them goes well beyond just one day ‒ and that magic, wonder and awe can ...

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

STORY: A police unit visited two villages in Donetsk region, Sviatohirsk and Lyman, which mostly emptied out as civilians fled the region, however, some families with children decided to stay. During ...

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing excavations that reveal the life of the bishop behind the holiday figure.

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 ...