When is St. Nicholas Day? And how did this Christian saint inspire the Santa Claus legend?

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 St.

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