Vintage St. Nicholas Stories

St Nicholas next to table with wooden shoes — Illustration by George Wharton Edwards
from *Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates*, 1926 edition
*St. Nicholas Center Collection*

The Three Purses
by William S. Walsh, 1909
The St. Nicholas Festival
from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge, 1865
St. Nicholas
A children’s story from 1875, from St. Nicholas: an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
Little Piccola
A story by Frances Jenkins Olcott, 1914 & 1942
St. Nicholas for Children
by F. H. Lee, 1940, from The Children’s Book of Saints
The Story of Santa Claus
from the 1940s or 50s

Stories for Classroom Use
Traditional Stories & Legends
Classic Primary Sources
Especially for Classroom Use
Life of St. Nicholas shown in images
Modern Miracles

Links

Five stories for children from Anne Neuberger’s St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

The Bakers’ Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale, retold by Aaron Shepard, adapted for storytelling and for readers’ theater by the author, from the beautifully illustrated picture book published by Atheneum, New York, 1995.