Should you tell your children the truth about Santa Claus? Years ago, I asked readers, if so, when? In our house, on Christmas Eve, we left a letter and cookies for Santa and a few carrots for the ...

Since when have heartwarming fairy tales been considered “lies?” I think this business of anti-Santa Claus is a remarkably imagination-challenged mentality. Children can’t yet fully distinguish ...

Who do children seek in December: parents, teachers, sisters, brothers? No. Santa Claus. Looking back, I, too, at first, wanted Santa Claus to visit on Christmas Eve. As I grew a bit older, I shifted ...

If you grew up in a place where Christmas is celebrated, there’s a decent chance that you’ve heard the song — or at least the story — of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But it turns out that Rudolph ...

An opinion columnist explains her decision not to teach her children to believe in Santa Claus. The author wanted to avoid the eventual "lie" and potential breakdown of trust with her children.

Santa Claus is an American. This news may surprise readers who know he lives at the North Pole (where an American artist, Thomas Nast, put him in Christmas 1866) or who remember that the historical St ...

Christmas time with kids is filled with warm, cozy traditions: Listening to Christmas music while decorating the tree, going to look at Christmas lights with hot chocolate in hand, and taking the kids ...

That was the question staring at me when I picked up a copy of The Washington Post's Express a few weeks ago. The newspaper was conducting a reader's poll and asking what, at first glance, looked like ...

With the first movie having offered glimpses of a new take on the holiday icon, writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller tease how ...