The book (and Irving’s clever marketing of ... marketing campaign by the company in the last century. Santa Claus’s history with Coke (the soda, to be specific) stems from the 1920s, when ...

Ben Tumin: In your book, you quote Frederick ... of historical fact in saying that Santa Claus was an old Dutch tradition, but he wasn’t part of New York history and really he was invented ...

These days, the face of Santa Claus is emblazoned on everything from wrapping paper to dishes. His name is a derivation of Sinterklaas, the Dutch name for Saint Nicholas, a very pious early ...

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,” Church wrote. “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and ...