According to historical sources, Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas, was born around 280 A.D. in the ancient Lycian city of Patara, located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Turkey.

Even in death, there is a Byzantine legend of St. Nicholas coming back down to earth to get grain to feed the hungry before ...

he is our subject here. But before we present the true story of "Santa Claus" let us list some of the other Saint Nicholases: St. Nicholas of Flüe, Patron of Switzerland; St. Nicholas of ...

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor ... and is thus associated with Santa Claus in some countries. He died on December 6th in 346.

Narrator: When you think about iconic holiday characters, the first that comes to mind is probably Santa Claus ... The tale of St. Nicholas is one that has spread across continents and cultures ...

Santa Claus in the 1910s and 1920s had largely come into focus ... In 1822, American poet Clement Clarke Moore wrote a poem for his daughters about "A Visit from St. Nicholas," describing the holiday ...

The grave of the figure who inspired Santa Claus has been unearthed in Turkey. Archaeologists recently discovered the original burial place of St. Nicholas underneath a church in the country's ...

1838 canvas of St. Nicholas (detail), perhaps influenced ... By the late 1800s, Americans were in thrall to a sentimentalized Santa Claus that was in large part the creation of the illustrator ...

Trump listened again and chuckled before saying, "Well, you just enjoy… Father Christmas, Père Noël, St. Nicholas, Babbo Natale, Santa Claus: The jolly old man with a white beard is an ...