Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D ... to spread knowledge of the saint to the American public in the late 1700s. In December 1773 and 1774, families in New York were said to have ...

And then, of course, there’s the town of Santa Claus. Santa Claus? Why is a small town in the midwest of America - more than 4,300 miles (6,920km) from Lapland - called Santa Claus? Maybe we ...