St Nicholas Day 2012

St Nicholas Day for the year 2012 is celebrated/ observed on Thursday, December 6th.

For Western Christians, St Nicholas's Day is held on December 6th annually celebrating the feast day of St Nicholas. The day celebrates St Nicholas’s bringing of gifts with many thinking that modern day Santa Claus came from this Saint.

Eastern Christian Churches will celebrate the day on December 19th as they follow the Julian calendar.

Days to the start of St. Nicholas Day 2012

Thursday, December 6th is day number 341 of the 2012 calendar year with -11 years, -4 months, -13 days until St Nicholas Day 2012.

St Nicholas Day
Name(s):	St Nicholas Day, Feast of Saint Nicholas
Type:	Observance, Chistian
When:	December 6th annually