Remarkable new high-tech images reveal the face of the real-life bishop who inspired the concept of Santa Claus — more than 1,700 years after he first made Christmas merry and bright.

You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas ... Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world ...

When I read that 52 percent of American adults say they believe in Santa Claus (according to a survey from Public Policy Polling), I wasn’t surprised to learn in the same poll that 42 ...

We continue a tradition this year by reprinting a holiday classic in our Christmas edition of the Independent Review. The following letter and editorial response appeared in ...

According to accounts of his life, he was very kind and generous and this inspired the idea of Santa Claus – the man who delivers gifts to children all around the world at Christmas. Scientists ...

It wasn’t the first time fiction had caused real-life confusion about the ... a good chance those French tourists popped to the Santa Claus Christmas Store. Managed by Heather Osborne, at ...

Yes; Saint Nicholas, whose feast day is observed by the Church on December sixth, is the great and good Saint who first acted the part of Santa Claus. How it happened is a real Christmas story of ...

why we have different names for the jolly bringer of Christmas gifts You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. Whether it’s St. Nick ...

This year markets turned down in mid-December, but as of Christmas Eve the Santa Claus rally seems to have arrived — the S&P 500 gained 1.1 percent that day alone, and the Nasdaq Composite Index ...