St Nick

St. Nick English Alternative forms en St. Nick Proper noun en Saint Nick. 24 December 2004 Stephen Bates Saint Nicholas https://web.archive.org/web/20130828230133/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/dec/24/christmas.religion This festivity may be slightly quaint in this country, but is not across much of Europe, where St Nick rides a white horse through the streets of cities such as Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna, and children receive elaborate chocolate models of a jolly bearded bishop. 21 December 2007 Jonathan Petre Profile: St Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus https://web.archive.org/web/20251221091716/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573319/Profile-St-Nicholas-also-known-as-Santa-Claus.html In much of Europe, where the veneration of saints remains part of popular culture, St Nick appears in a variety of forms - in some cities he rides through the streets on a horse - and children receive models of a jolly bearded bishop. 20 December 2010 Samuel Muston The Timeline: Saint Nicholas https://web.archive.org/web/20101228020349/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas10/entertainment/the-timeline-saint-nicholas-2164709.html In the latter part of the 19th century, St Nick was engaged by Lewis's department store in Liverpool to entertain children in its Christmas Fairyland.