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Santa Claus

Pancho Claus is shown in a red jacket and black hat with his hands out stretch and holding stuffed animals.
Culture
In Houston, Pancho Claus is coming to town
Arts, Culture & Media
Design for the Real World: Old Saint Nick
A worker removes snow in Red Square with St. Basil's Cathedral and the mausoleum of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in the background.
Culture
Recalling a final New Year’s Eve with Brezhnev
A photo of Tam Duong's family during Lunar New Year in the early 1990s. Tam, on the right in the red dress, is from Los Angeles and now lives in Boston. Her parents are from Vietnam and Duong says she was confused as to why Santa never came to their home.
Belief
There’s nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas
Mad Decent's Christmas album
Music
When you get tired of Frosty, give these alternative holiday songs a listen
Global Scan
How does a family show its support for a son who’s just come out? A rainbow Christmas
A massive evergreen tree towers over the atrium in one of Istanbul’s largest malls.
Lifestyle & Belief
Wondering why there’s Christmas in a Muslim country? It’s just business, as usual
Saint Nicholas is followed by his two assistants called "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete) during a traditional holiday parade.
Lifestyle & Belief
Is Black Pete a black mark on the Netherlands?
Environment
North Pole reindeer in danger of extinction
Track Santa as he moves across the world
Arts, Culture & Media
For the best Santas, certification of Christmas spirit
Arts, Culture & Media
Design for the Real World: Santa
George Takei: Christmas at a Japanese Internment Camp
Sensitive Santas Cater to Autistic Children
Lessons from Santa School
Santa’s Green Car
Arts, Culture & Media
Your Take: Talking to Kids About Santa Claus
Business, Economics and Jobs
When kids ask for the impossible…in their stockings
Arts, Culture & Media
Santa vs the flu
Arts, Culture & Media
All I want for Christmas
Global Politics
Germany’s unemployed go shopping