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Get your child in the true spirit of Christmas

Children will enjoy – and adults will be thankful for – this addition to the family’s book shelf

Hot costumes and babies in smelly nappies are some of the downsides of a job as a mall Santa.

What’s eating Father Christmas?

Santa’s mall stand-ins take on the job because it’s good, honest work. But those children can be a real trial.

Children call the US Air Force base asking where fAther Christmas is and when he will deliver presents to their house

Record number of Father Christmas calls hits US Air Force

Volunteers at a US Air Force base monitoring Father Christmas’s progress around the world have answered a record number of Christmas calls.

Father Christmas at Maponya Mall.

Santa’s pipe put out in new edition of children’s classic

A fresh version of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas has sparked a censorship row.

Father Christmas at Maponya Mall.

Merry black and white shopping

Maponya Mall’s Christmas theme is strictly Western, but its Santas are multicultural.

Santa Claus is coming to town

Santa Claus is coming to town

North American defence organisation follows sleigh from across the globe using satellites and the infrared signal from Rudolph the reindeer’s nose.

Skinny Santa draws looks at Santa convention

"A Santa in white!" screams a wide-eyed Danish boy as he catches a glimpse of a Santa Claus who has ditched his traditional red garb.

Santas gather for annual convention

Taking advantage of the seasonal lull, about 150 Santas from a dozen countries gathered on Monday for their annual Santa Claus convention.

Santa’s big surprise

Santa Claus says that a woman who sat on his lap was naughty, not nice. According to Santa at the Danbury Fair mall in the Connecticut, he was groped. Sandrama Lamy (33) was…

To get to Paradise, some Americans go to Intercourse

In Texas, amorous couples get engaged in Loving — and then go to Looneyville via Hoop and Holler. Earth is also in Texas, and lies about 2 400km away from Mars and Venus,…