Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustrator Thomas Nast cemented the vision of Santa Clause best known today. Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Old St. Nick ...

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 ...

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NEW YORKNEW YORK — 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 ...

Henrickson is "dean of the Chapel" at Roanoke College. Clement Moore gives us the Christmas story we want. St. Nicholas gives us the story we need. In December of 1823, Moore's poem, "A Visit from ...

Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, Old Saint 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, ...

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 ...

The real St. Nicholas is thought to have been born around 280 A.D., coming up in a wealthy family in the city of Myra, which is in modern-day Turkey. He became a Christian, dedicating himself to God ...