"Coca-Cola did not create the legend of Santa Claus." The myth that the many-named gift-bringer of Christmas was invented by a soda brand is so persistent that even Coca-Cola has had to step in to ...

Worshippers began collecting a mysterious liquid coming from St. Nicholas' tomb shortly after his death in the mid-300s, or ...

The jolly figure in red we picture today is far from the real St Nicholas, a slim 4th century bishop from Turkey whose legend ...

Saint Nicholas, more famously known as Santa Claus, has an important role to play on Christmas Day. However, he has his very own day of celebration.

All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St.

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 ...

Santa Claus, a symbol of Christmas generosity, is rooted in the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas from Myra, who ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

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