To me, the story of Santa Claus is like a Greek or Roman myth, a story that suggests a truth about human nature, hinting at a force greater than ourselves, that feeling, writes Christopher de Vinck.

In 1967, a journalist wrote about a boy buying presents on Christmas Eve. The story got an overwhelming response from readers. Fifty years later, the young boy and the journalist reconnected. About 50 ...

Santa Claus rallies have occurred frequently in the past. The S&P 500 typically rises in the year following a Santa Claus rally. It's too soon to know for sure if the S&P 500 is experiencing a Santa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a snowy night in December 1955 at the height of the Cold War, a red hotline rang ominously in the combat operations center at ...

Santa Claus, the happy man in a red suit with a white beard, is one of the most loved symbols of Christmas. He’s everywhere once December rolls around. But his story actually goes way back, to old ...

Over the last 50 years, Santa Claus rallies have occurred 80% of the time. In recent years, they've been less frequent. The Santa Claus rally has a mixed history of predicting returns in the ...

For 70 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has tracked Santa's journey on Christmas Eve. The tradition began in 1955 after a newspaper misprinted a Sears Santa hotline number, ...

Santa Claus is the spirit of Christmas. Thanks to numerous tales and pop culture references, Santa has become a dominating figure in the Western world. It is said that Santa's sleigh is pulled through ...

Christmas time with kids is filled with warm, cozy traditions: Listening to Christmas music while decorating the tree, going to look at Christmas lights with hot chocolate in hand, and taking the kids ...

Christmas is over. Many Americans will soon take down their Christmas trees, mistletoe, and lights. However, Santa Claus may stick around – at least for the stock market. What might a Santa Claus ...