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 ...

Join ciLiving for a festive and educational holiday segment! Joyce and John from Dine with a Doc stop by to share the surprising and heartwarming history of Santa Claus — from Saint Nicholas to the ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

Santa inspired by St. Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop known for kindness and secret gift-giving. Santa's red suit popularized by Coca-Cola, earlier depictions showed him in bishop's attire. Santa's ...

Do families today realize how Santa Claus evolved from Saint Nicholas? Could this help Christmas become less commercialized? I used to play Saint Nicholas and present his story at Christmas markets ...

Who needs reindeer when you have a blimp? On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen. On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and ... Pilgrim?!?!? Santa Claus traded in his sleigh 100 years ago after Goodyear ...

Christian-Jaque’s “Who Killed Santa Claus?” (1941), a film undergoing a revival at Film Forum in conjunction with the holiday season, was based on a 1934 book of the same name by Pierre Véry. To the ...