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 ...
BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Many people and famous Christmas songs refer to Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick for short — but he’s far from the only figure in history to have that title. There was ...
How did a third-century Christian bishop become associated with the jolly old elf referred to as Santa Claus? Fr. Paul Fuller, pastor of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Springdale, addressed this ...
Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Old St. Nick ... Regardless of what you call him, everybody knows the round-bellied, white-bearded man in red who flies through the sky each year on Christmas Eve, ...
You might know Santa Claus lives in the North Pole with Mrs. Claus and a team of reindeer and elves, but do you actually know where this legendary Christmas character comes from? Historians believe ...
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — The history of Saint Nicholas, perhaps the most iconic figure of the holiday season, goes back hundreds of years. In this trip Back Down the Pennsylvania Road, Mike Stevens stopped ...