the Christmas season started Black Friday. But for Greater Cincinnatians, a special day in early December is when the real festivities begin. The Feast of St. Nicholas, fondly referred to by many ...

(Image by Flickr user salendron.) Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter is Santa's helper in the Netherlands. Sinterklass arrives on the eve of St. Nicholas Day in a steamship with his slave Zwarte Piet ...