The holiday season is upon us, and there are so many traditions observed by families that make this time of year extremely ...

Learn all about the history of Scout Elves along with official Elf on the Shelf rules for a fun-filled holiday season.

All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St.

The optics of a fleet of identically dressed little guys showing up to the homes of strangers and announcing their intention ...

Here's what we know about Santa Claus. He goes by many names – Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, Pere Noel, Papa Noel, St. Nick, Grandpa Frost, Jultomten or Babbo Natale – but the basis of Santa Claus ...

Christmas is almost here! And that means Santa Claus will be coming to town! Right now, he and his elves are resting before heading out on his annual trek to deliver joy to children all around the ...

A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for ...

Every Christmas season, letters to Santa flood in from kids around the world — but in Santa Claus, Indiana, volunteers become Santa’s elves to ensure every child gets a reply. This small town, ...

"Elf" has become a modern Christmas classic since it was released in 2003, but there are other holiday movies that capture ...

‘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 ...

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, ...

One of this nation’s most enduring Christmas tales is the reply by Francis P. Church, editorial writer for the New York Sun, to a letter from little Virginia O’Hanlon of Manhattan, asking if there was ...