YAKUTAT, Alaska - Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this ...

Around the world, reindeer are known as Santa Claus' trusty sleigh-pulling team. All the stories say that reindeer fly long distances to help the father of Christmas deliver presents to the right ...

Santa Claus was given a jolly sendoff parade in Norridge Saturday, days before he would prepare to set out on his ...

But why were they chosen to pull the sleigh rather ... People ride on their backs like horses, and use small herds of them to drive sleds, just like Santa. Reindeer migrate up to 5,000km a year ...

Before looking at the science behind Santa’s flying sleigh and flying reindeer, why did Santa Claus pick reindeer to pull the sleigh in the first place? As you already know, Santa Claus’ base ...

(Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) Everyone has heard of Santa Claus, that chubby, white-bearded, red-suited guy ...

Santa and Mrs. Claus took supersized rides to southeast Alaska this week in a C-17 military cargo plane and a camouflaged ...

Santa Claus is already hard at work ... He sure is. Take a close look at the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh and you'll see Rudolph's distinctive red nose still in the front. Santa has 24 hours on ...

What's Santa doing on a beach? IMAGE: Firefighter Thiago Paiva, dressed as Santa Claus, rides on a jet ski during Christmas celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, here and below.

(Mark Thiessen/AP) YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in ...