What nationality/ethnicity was St Nicolas?
QED
The origins of St. Nick.
Saint Nicholas (15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
So Nicki was a Turk and Jesus was a Mid-East Jew - similar but different.