Why is St.Nick called St Nick?

Answer 1

The real Santa Claus was a man called Nikolaos of Myra, a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (near modern day Demre, Turkey).

Nikolaos of Myra had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out.

Nikolaos of Myra thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos".

Answer 2

It's just another name that he has gone by, or that people have called him over the years. The Kris name was really popularized in the movie "Miracle on 34th Street." Good one, if you haven't seen it yet.

Answer 3

St. Nicholas of Myra was a real person, a 3rd century bishop in Asia Minor noted for his generosity. Santa Claus is a fictional character roughly based on Nicholas. Santa has been sanitized to remove all traces of the real person, who was quite holy and religious, so as not to offend those who are not Catholic or have no Christian connections.

Answer 4

Santa Claus is just the shortened form of Saint Nicholas.

Answer 5

Yes, the name Santa Claus is the same as Saint Nicholas.

Answer 6

Becuase his name was nickolis

Answer 7

Maybe because Claus is short for Nicholas