Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D ... of St. Nicholas at the society’s annual meeting in 1804. The backgrounds of these woodcuts displayed stockings filled with toys and fruit ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to Christmas, there’s no getting away from Santa Claus. He’s been the subject of poems and stories, movies and songs, invoked as the judge of naughty or nice ...

The landing page features a real-time Christmas countdown in the upper right corner, with holiday-themed music and animations playing in the background ... next-level Santa Claus tracking this ...

This Dutch background is key because Santa Claus is in fact a borrowing into English of the Dutch name Sinter Klaas, which sometimes dialectally appeared as Sante Klaas. Still, before the 1830s ...

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 ...

With the tune of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" playing in the background, Santa can also ... and of course Santa Claus. Also known as Morozko or Grandfather Frost, Ded Moroz remains popular ...