One of this nation’s most enduring Christmas tales is the reply by Francis P. Church, editorial writer for the New York Sun, ...

Florida’s good boys and girls can get certificates showing that Santa Claus is cleared to enter the Sunshine State to deliver ...

The answer is a complicated mixture of astronomy, evolution, social custom ... answer to a letter from eight-year-old Virginia O’Halloran: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” ...

Christmas, celebrated on 25 December, honours the birth of Jesus Christ and is steeped in centuries-old traditions. From its Christian origins to Victorian-era transformations, the holiday reflects a ...

Spaces are adorned with wreaths with satin ribbons, velvet garland, custom linens and stockings ... story time with Mrs. Claus, letters to Santa and milk and cookies delivered to your room ...

[but] these letters by children are snapshots in time." Getty Images When the custom first began ... children start to worry about how Santa can access the house and tell him where to find ...

An impossibly big white beard, a bright red suit and a belly that shakes like Jell-O: these are the key features of the iconic Santa Claus that ... people willing to don custom-made suits and ...

Under the Soviets, Babushka, St. Nicholas and other gift-givers with ties to religion were suppressed and replaced with Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), a secular figure who delivers gifts with his ...