Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. But how did Santa become the holiday's figurehead? Here's a history lesson on ol' Saint Nick. Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D ...

Bruce Forbes, a retired professor of religious studies at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, wrote the book Christmas: A Candid History. He says he's never seen Santa portrayed in quite ...

McGrew, who became interested in the history of Santa's Cabin after receiving photographs of it from Eckbert, has one of the original decorations - a bell that was hung in the early days of the ...

But how did Santa become the holiday's figurehead? Here's a history lesson on ol' Saint Nick. Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports.