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 ...

But really I don't think there's a lot of difference between a secular and Christian Christmas. Secular Christmas has consumerism and Santa. Christian Christmas has the mind boggling narrative of a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide — but Saint Nicholas' origin story is not.