Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Heretofore, Santa Claus has always had all the fun himself of going up and down the chimney, but this year he thought he’d be ...

(The Conversation) — You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. That doesn’t make him disreputable, just a reflection of changing American culture.

A trade card promoting a holiday sale at the 'Bee Hive' store on Dec. 10, 1879, in New York City. Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Everyone has heard of Santa Claus, that chubby, white-bearded, ...