St. Nick's plan, of course, is to provide the Doyle children with their own collection of ornaments for when they grow up, and to remember what was important to them each year of their childhoods.

Many families, though, have made the holiday their own, and children look forward to their own traditional gifts on St. Nicholas Day — including handmade ornaments, old-fashioned toys, Christmas ...

Some American families hide a pickle ornament on their Christmas tree for someone to find Dec. 25, and many believe the tradition started in Germany—though its origins are murky.

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, typically by filling the stockings and shoes children leave out overnight with sweets and toys. It also is a fitting date for the patron saint ...

They’re more than just a cute ornament. They’re a time-honored tradition that you might not have heard of until now but will want to start this year.

St. Nicholas was a monk believed to have been born around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra, in what we now call Turkey. St Nicholas’ charity and generosity was a widely shared legend.