Our modern day version of Santa is actually a combination of various legends and traditions from around the world. The post ...

Thomas Nast’s classic version of Santa Claus, drawn in 1881 for Harper's Weekly. In September 1897, a letter arrived in the newsroom of The Sun, one of New York's great newspapers of the day.

(And if you don’t know what that truth is, you shouldn’t be reading this story! Stop it! Stop it right now!) There’s no getting away from Santa Claus, the jolly, bearded old man who’s been ...

By reviewing Rees' story "A Christmas Legend," which mentions Santa and the name Gertrude ... the initiative the "Name Mrs. Claus Contest," as a true and original name was not known.

Saying something like, ‘Santa Claus has reindeer that fly’ is true within the context of the story of Santa Claus, similar to how saying, ‘Harry Potter is a wizard’ is true for that ...

This is the story of a master toymaker who discovers a magical kingdom of elves in the North Pole and becomes Santa Claus. But when his eager-to-please elf, Patch, leaves for the big streets of ...

He obeyed and remained quiet until they got outside. That's when Mindy explained she overhead a little boy behind them tell his mom that Russ sounded like Santa Claus. And he was right. For 20 years, ...

Editor’s note: In every age, skeptics seek to reduce the joy of true believers in Christmas myths and legends, especially the young children who hold fast to the story of Santa Claus.

(Editor's note: This story originally appeared in 2014 in the Indianapolis Star.) Santa Claus, Ind., located in Spencer County was given that name on Christmas Eve in 1852 by a small group of ...

"We believe that we have encountered a sarcophagus to be in situ (original position) for the first time," said associate professor Ebru Fatma Findik, who is heading the excavation team through ...