St. Nicholas

St Nicholas English Alternative forms en St Nicholas Proper noun en Saint Nicholas. 22 December 1957 Peggy Street; Pierre Street Yes, There Was (and Is) a Santa Claus;The real St. Nicholas was a fourth-century Bishop whose good deeds inspired legends that traveled around the world as if drawn by airborne reindeer. https://archive.ph/9XzrV https://www.nytimes.com/1957/12/22/archives/yes-there-was-and-is-a-santa-claus-the-real-st-nicholas-was-a.html 21 December 2025 At the end of this road is the village in which Santa Claus spent most of his life, the village where St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, lived and administered to a flock of persecuted, fourth-century Christians. 20 December 1992 Iris Yokoi Santa in L.A.: A Mixed Bag: Diversity: In a multicultural city, the jolly old elf takes on many forms. From Little Tokyo to Crenshaw, St. Nicholas is as ethnically diverse as the children he delights. https://web.archive.org/web/20251221093051/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-20-ci-4708-story.html Santa’s roots go back to a 4th-Century Christian saint, St. Nicholas, who lived in Asia Minor, now part of Turkey. 4 December 1999 The Story Of St. Nick https://web.archive.org/web/20251221091426/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1999/12/05/the-story-of-st-nick/8979627e-91f9-4b57-bb80-08ebeabc55d4/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1999/12/05/the-story-of-st-nick/8979627e-91f9-4b57-bb80-08ebeabc55d4/ 21 December 2025 Unless you grew up in the Netherlands, you may not know the story of how St. Nicholas became Santa Claus and how his little-known partner helped him save Christmas.