The Christkind on the way to a snowy churchImage ... Santa Claus goes by a few names in South Africa, including Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) and Kersvader (Father Christmas) for those who speak ...

Christmas pyjamas, books and mugs for hot chocolate are all popular choices, with specific Christmas Eve boxes popular ...

St Nicholas, the benefactor Few historical facts ... Since the Reformation, the "Christkind" (Christ Child) has brought Christmas presents in Germany, usually on Christmas Eve, December 24 ...

Seasonal Christkindlmarkts filled with Christmas cheer may have begun in Europe, but at least one prominent U.S. city also hosts a notable version.

Why do we have Christmas trees? Christmas trees were first celebrated thousands of years ago by pagans, who used evergreen ...

Behind today’s mythical Santa Claus from the North Pole, is a real saint – St. Nicholas. How he came to be today’s ... and Kris Kringle seems be a version of the Christkind, or Christ Child, who ...

Meaning “Christ child,” Christkind is an angel-like figure who accompaniesy St. Nicholas on his holiday missions. In Scandinavia, a jolly elf named Jultomten was thought to deliver gifts in a ...

Families can skate at Rathausplatz or witness the arrival of the "Christkind" at the Villach Farmers' Advent on December 22. The Krampus celebration in Austria is a long-standing tradition where the ...

In lieu of a traditional editorial, the editorial board presents the famous traditional poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” with wishes for a very merry Christmas.

The discovery could muddy the conventional wisdom about the true resting place of the saint’s relics, which is currently ...