By the 1860s, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home at the North Pole. Read more of this story from our National Museum of ...

Even here, playing neighbour to Jolly Old Saint Nick. Calum meets Santa Claus at his home in the polar north (Picture: Calum McSwiggan) Arctic Pride hosts a full week of events – the calendar is ...

A staff member jokingly drew Santa and his sleigh over the North Pole. The tradition was born. “Note to the kiddies,” began an AP story from Colorado Springs on Dec. 23, 1955. “Santa Claus ...