Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you ready for some Christmas cheer? The Yuletide festivities will soon begin on this special day in early December. The Feast ...

After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For families across the country, the Christmas season started Black Friday. But for Greater Cincinnatians, a special day in early ...

St. Nicholas, whose feast day is celebrated on Dec. 6, is well known as possibly the real-life inspiration for the beloved Christmas character of Santa Claus. Not a lot is known about the historical ...

It is hard to imagine the cheery, plump version of Santa Claus emerged from Saint Nicholas, the 4th century Bishop of Myra who, as a nursing infant, fasted on holy days and whose bones were stolen ...

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The sarcophagus at St. Nicholas church in Demre looted by crusaders, which archaeologists now believe did not contain the Saint's remains. Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists in Turkey believe they may ...

Renee Montagne follows the story of Santa Claus, from his origins as a Greek Orthodox bishop named Nicholas in the fourth century to his status as an icon of Christmas. Jeremy Seal, author of Nicholas ...