When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it hasn’t always been like that. In fact, Santa Claus is the product of the merging ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – It’s easy to wonder where Santa Claus comes from, and NBC4 has the answers. Although magic is often the simplest explanation for St. Nick’s Christmas Eve adventures, many of ...

Gingerbread houses and decorated trees trace their origins to 19th-century Germany and 16th-century Latvia, respectively. Jonkonnu and Black Santa Claus highlight the cultural imprint of Black ...

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 ...

In just a matter of days, Santa will begin his quick circumnavigation of the world, dispensing presents as he goes. It’s an odd job and one wonders how he came to it. The answer is a complicated ...

There may be a few people who have not heard of Santa Claus, with his cheery face and bright red suit. It is well established that our Santa has evolved considerably over the years, and earlier ...

The origins of the Christmas holiday are religious, but it has evolved into a more secular holiday. Nothing reflects that more than a recent Pew Research Center Poll in which American adults named ...