ST NICHOLAS DAY
(Saturday) Greetings on the occasion of St Nicholas Day!
Patron saint of sailors, children, the poor, and pawnbrokers...
Bishop of Myra...
Giver of anonymous gifts...
Fierce advocate of orthodoxy at the Council of Nicea (allegedly slapping Arius in the face!)...

died December 6, 343

Link to the St Nicholas Center, a great St Nick resource