Santa Claus believers can rejoice to know that, technically, he is a real person. Technically. St. Nicholas was born in 270 A.D. in the village of Patara, in what was known then as Asia Minor—the ...

St. Nicholas of Myra is a saint in liturgical Christian denominations. As with many Christian saints, he is the patron saint of a particular group. Most notably, he is a patron saint of children and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is a fact, strange but true, that Santa Claus' corpse was stolen from its tomb. Though Christmas carols and Claymation specials ...

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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 ...

You might think that there is as much myth surrounding St. Nicholas as the jolly old fellow we know today as Santa Claus. However, he actually was a real person. He was born sometime during the third ...

We’re all familiar with the jolly, white-haired and bearded overweight man who sneaks down chimneys on Christmas Eve delivering presents to children. But where did this come from? With roots in ...

A conversation with printmaker Ned Bustard on what traditions teach about the joy of generosity. Many Christians wrestle with whether to include Santa Claus legends in their holiday traditions.

It’s easy to imagine St. Nicholas as just as mythical as the modern-day Santa Claus. But he actually was a real person. Known as the patron saint of sailors, merchants, and children, Nicholas was born ...