Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: The Real History of Santa Claus - Elzbieta Sekowska It’s Christmas time, so I’m taking a ...

Parents await the question with quiet dread. When their child comes home from school and makes that horrid inquiry, they know that innocence is ending. The joy and wonder of childhood passes far too ...

Every December, a jolly, white-bearded man in a red suit becomes the world's most recognizable figure. But the Santa Claus we know today is a far cry from his historical origins. The modern icon is a ...

Every December, Santa Claus arrives with prosperity, happiness, and the fond hope of a “Happy New Year.” We all wish that our desires manifest in their truest forms. Amid playing Secret Santa games ...

People who believe in him, all over the world, from early childhood and through the rest of their lives, begin to think about Santa Claus this time of year. Will he come? What will he bring? Have I ...

The group was first in line to meet Santa on this day. This is the tradition — for now, anyway, until age complicates things. They visit this Santa Claus because “his beard is real,” Lynne Clooney ...

History seems to confirm at least a few key details from the life of Nicholas of Myra, the real early church leader we know today as Santa Claus. One of the most gripping stories occurred between 330 ...

Santa Claus will soon be coming to town, bringing gifts to children. Santa has several aliases, depending on the part of the world you live in. The English call him Father Christmas, the French know ...

Santa Claus is alive and well and living in Finland. The so-called “happiest” country on earth has a magical tradition that lifts spirits all over the world — a post office where wishful letter ...