December, a cold season comes with festive vibes. The season sees the most anticipated festivals - Christmas and New Year’s ...

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.

Editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante draws on the drone competition for Santa Claus. This cartoon is the opinion of the cartoonist. Send feedback to: [email protected] .

The modern image of Santa Claus first appeared during the Civil War. Santa sided with the North. He made his debut on the cover of Harper’s Weekly for Christmas 1862. A drawing shows a white-bearded ...

Santa Claus is a patchwork figure assembled from several origins, including Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Greek bishop.

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