While Santa Claus is a beloved Christmas figure, not many know that he was actually inspired by a real life Saint Nicholas ...

St Nicholas, whose feast day is celebrated on December 6, is known to possibly be the real-life inspiration for the beloved ...

A coastal drive from Dalaman to Antalya leads through Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, buried basilicas, and ongoing ...

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide — but Saint Nicholas' origin story is not.The legends surrounding jolly old ...

In the minds of children across Europe, he is Sinterklaas (Holland) or Mikulas (Hungary), and he brings them small presents on his feast day, Dec. 6. He does the same for Eastern Christian children ...

All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St. Nicholas, it is said, resurrected three children who had been murdered, chopped ...

The people of Bari, a city in southern Italy, have a deep devotion to St. Nicholas, their patron saint and beloved protector. “How can you not love St. Nicholas? And how can you not feel loved by St.

Since when have heartwarming fairy tales been considered “lies?” I think this business of anti-Santa Claus is a remarkably imagination-challenged mentality. Children can’t yet fully distinguish ...