Saint Nicholas Day

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Christian feast day religious holiday winter holiday

Saint Nicholas Day is a Christian feast day on December 6 (in most Western countries) honoring Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children, and is celebrated with gift-giving and various folk traditions that influenced the modern figure of Santa Claus.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Saint Nicholas Day canonical 5
Feast of Saint Nicholas 4
Christian feast of Saint Nicholas 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian feast day ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
winter holiday ⓘ
alsoObservedOn 19 December (Julian calendar, corresponding to 6 December Gregorian) ⓘ
associatedFigure Santa Claus ⓘ
surface form: Mikuláš

Nikolaus ⓘ
Saint Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
surface form: Saint Nicholas

Santa Claus ⓘ
surface form: Sinterklaas
associatedWith folk traditions ⓘ
gift-giving ⓘ
countryOrRegion Austria ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
culturalOrigin Christian hagiographic tradition of Saint Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
dateObserved 6 December ⓘ
followsCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar

Julian calendar ⓘ
hasTheme care for children ⓘ
charity ⓘ
generosity ⓘ
honors Saint Nicholas of Myra ⓘ
influenced Sinterklaas tradition ⓘ
modern figure of Santa Claus ⓘ
patronSaintHonored patron saint of children ⓘ
patron saint of merchants ⓘ
patron saint of sailors ⓘ
patron saint of the poor ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
season Advent ⓘ
timeOfYear early December ⓘ
typicalActivity children receive small gifts ⓘ
church services ⓘ
parades and processions ⓘ
placing shoes or boots out for gifts ⓘ
visits by costumed Saint Nicholas ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christmas → relatedHoliday → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
Jan Steen → notableWork → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Feast of Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra → commemoratedOn → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
December → containsHoliday → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
Nikolaus → associatedWith → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nikolaustag
Saint Andrew's Day → precedes → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Nicholas Day
Old Town (Bari Vecchia) → notableEvent → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: feast of Saint Nicholas (May and December celebrations in Bari)
Bishop of Myra → influenced → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian feast of Saint Nicholas
Bishop of Myra → traditionalFeastConnection → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint Nicholas
Basilica di San Nicola, Bari → hasAnnualFeast → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint Nicholas
Church of Saint Nicholas → religiousFestival → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
subject surface form: Church of Saint Nicholas (Beit Jala)
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint Nicholas
Knecht Ruprecht → appearsInTradition → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
Knecht Ruprecht → holiday → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
Nikolaos → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Nicholas Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint Nicholas