10, 1879, in New York City. (Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images) Everyone has heard of Santa Claus, that chubby, white-bearded, red-suited guy who delivers Christmas presents via a reindeer ...

Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Everyone has heard of Santa Claus ... presents via a reindeer-powered sleigh. But have you never wondered how he became a man of so many names?

but he didn’t always wear a red coat and have a reindeer posse. The clerk's office in North Pole, Alaska, announced Thursday that a man whose legal name is Santa Claus launched a write-in ...

HORONOBE, Hokkaido--About 50 reindeer at a ranch here would normally be as busy as their brethren at the North Pole getting holiday revelers ready for Christmas and Santa Claus. But at Horonobe ...

For many young ones, the magic of Christmas features one particularly famous character: Santa Claus. The man travels the world one night every year to deliver presents to all the good little girls ...