`` Blessed Saint Nicholas, I thank thee for getting me out of that mess and sending me up instead of down when I was bewildered.

* On Saint Nicholas Day ( 6 December ), the Niklasmarkt ( Nicholas Market ) commemorates the Niklasspende, a medieval foundation for the poor.

The latter two completed his design for an altarpiece of the Vision of Saint Nicholas ( San Nicola da Tolentino, Rome ) using two separate marble pieces linked together in one event and place, yet successfully separating the divine and earthly spheres.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

The modern figure was derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, which, in turn, may have part of its basis in hagiographical tales concerning the historical figure of gift giver Saint Nicholas.

Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, ca.

The intersection with Saint Nicholas Avenue at 167th Street forms Mitchell Square Park.

The Wedding of Nicholas II and Grand duke | Grand Duchess Alexandra Fyodorovna ( Alix of Hesse ) | Alexandra Feodorovna, by Ilya Repin | Ilya Yefimovich Repin, 1894 ( Russian Museum | Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg | St. Petersburg ).

Unlike in many other Christian countries, St. Nicholas does not play a major role in Polish Christmas, but instead, is celebrated on his Saint feast day of December 6.

Tradition has it that Święty Mikołaj ( Polish for Saint Nicholas ) visits Polish households twice in December.

* Saint Nicholas Day in Greece ( December 6 )

* Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas / Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes.

* Saint Nicholas Eve ( Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the UK )

Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas in a Ferapontov Monastery.

Today, the belfry and the towers of the Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas ' Church are just a few examples of the skyline of the period.

Hotel Astoria ( Saint Petersburg ) | Hotel Astoria and a statue of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia in front, in Saint Petersburg, Russia

A modern metal icon of Saint Nicholas | St. Nicholas by the Bulgarian artist Georgi ' Chapa ' Chapkanov.

* 1417 – Saint Nicholas of Flüe, patron saint of Switzerland ( d. 1487 )

* Nicholas of Flue ( According to legend, he survived for nineteen years with no food except for the Eucharist.

* March 21 – Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint ( b. 1417 )

# Nicholas of Flue – Swiss hermit, ascetic and mystic