Santa Claus and his elves read all the letters sent to him at his "official" address at Santa Claus Village in Lapland, Finland. Santa Clausâ Main Post Office/Cover Images Santa Claus is alive and ...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (in Indiana). And every year, tens of thousands of letters to the Man in Red make their way to Southern Indiana, where volunteer "elves" at the Santa Claus Museum ...

Tonight, Christmas Eve, children will fall asleep straining to hear the rooftop hoof beats of reindeer and the “Ho-Ho-Ho” of Santa Claus. If you find their belief in the Jolly Old Elf is flagging, we ...

For nearly two decades, elves have been sitting on shelves (or hanging from ceiling fans) in homes across the world in an effort to figure out which children have been naughty or nice this year.

It is the most reprinted newspaper editorial in the English language. It has been translated into approximately 20 languages and adapted as a movie, television special, and musical. It is “Yes, ...

‘T was the night before Christmas, when all through the Balkans/Not a brain cell was stirring–not even the Salkinds’. Alexander and Ilya Salkind are clever producers who love to make movies about ...

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 ...

At a time when many Americans are on edge, it seems appropriate to revisit one of the best arguments for faith and hope, and against skepticism and close-minded certitude. Written in 1897, the words ...

Today, Christmas Eve, we continue our tradition of republishing a 19th century New York editorial writer’s passionate defense of Santa Claus. The journalist Francis P. Church, a native of Rochester, ...