It's getting to be that time of year again: Christmas is coming soon. Kids all around the world are waiting for the arrival of Santa Claus, or as he's formally known, Saint Nicholas. Most people ...

NEW YORK — Sure, it’s a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn’t laughing that December day almost 20 years ago. She had just parked the car in the garage when her ...

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I believe in Santa Claus. I make that declaration every year before Christmas, and every year, without fail, I’m mocked (mainly by family members) or labeled “cheesy” by online scolds and ...

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.

There is an unsolved mystery surrounding the Christmas season: What is the true first name of Santa Claus' wife, Mrs. Claus? Over the decades, film and TV show scriptwriters have used various ...

It is something used by parents across the world to show their children where Santa Claus is on this magical night. The Santa Tracker brings the magic of Christmas alive as children are able to ...

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. When a ...

There are several Saint Nicholases, two of whom, found in many a Saints' dictionary is actually the same Saint, that of St. Nicholas of Bari and Myra, because he was given the first name last ...