Santa Claus (fictional character)

Sea gulls visit battleship Wisconsin

2013-02-14 00:33:55

<![CDATA[Sea gulls visit battleship Wisconsin]]>

Christmas toys stolen from group that was collecting for needy kids

2012-12-21 11:43:07

<![CDATA[Christmas toys stolen from group that was collecting for needy kids]]>

The Times ‘Santa Claus Expeditions’

2012-12-21 00:34:11

<![CDATA[The Times ‘Santa Claus Expeditions’]]>

Katy Perry tweets pic of John Mayer as sexy Santa

2012-12-26 14:21:00

Katy Perry loves herself a costume, and it seems that enthusiasm has carried over to love interest John Mayer. Indeed the wearer of whipped-cream-shooting brassieres, vintage MTV cartoon tributes and election ballot garb dressed her man Mayer as one...

Merry Christmas from Charles Dickens

2012-12-25 10:31:00

Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future: they first appeared in 1843. That was when Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published; in the century and a half since, it's never gone out of print and...

Slow news can be good news for readers

2012-12-31 05:00:00

There’s often a slow-down in news during the holiday season, with lawmakers out of town, businesses closed and many people on vacation. In turn, newspapers tend to run more feature stories, photos and retrospectives. Whether that touches readers&...

Santa's last, best gift

2012-12-25 00:00:00

"Don't worry if it's expensive," I overheard my 8-year-old tell her 5-year-old sister the other night. "Santa makes all this stuff at the North Pole. Mom and Dad don't have to buy it." My daughters were seated at the dining table, cutting pictures out...

Analyst predicts $96-million write-down on 'Rise of the Guardians'

2013-01-02 15:23:00

DreamWorks Animation may end up losing nearly $100 million on its recent holiday release "Rise of the Guardians." That's the sobering prediction of Lazard Capital Markets analyst Barton Crockett.� In a research note on Wednesday, Crockett said he...

'Guardians' author William Joyce: Sean Connery inspired Santa

2012-12-24 12:20:00

When children go to sleep tonight, the visions dancing in their heads will more likely be those of electronic gizmos than of sugar plums. But the kiddos will doze off believing, and that collective faith fascinates author William Joyce, who created the...

Letters: Much more than a jolly old elf

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Re "Santa's last, best gift, Opinion, Dec. 25 I would suggest that the writer share with his daughters the answer my mother gave me. She explained that Santa Claus definitely exists because Santa Claus is the spirit of Christmas. So now, all these...

Who is Santa Claus? Our guess is Sam Acho

2012-12-24 07:24:00

OK, it's Christmas Eve, so it's time to smile. And what better way to smile than watching a child receive an amazing present from a 6-foot-3, 257-pound Santa Claus? The Arizona Cardinals are near the end of a disappointing 5-10 season, but that didn't...

Ryan Gosling reveals himself as 'the creepy cookie guy'

2013-01-10 15:00:00

Ryan Gosling, creepy? He says he definitely was this one time not so long ago — and it involved Girl Scouts. First, let's set some background, as told to Jimmy Kimmel by Gosling on Kimmel's show Thursday night. As a boy, the "Crazy, Stupid,...

Participants dressed up as Santa Claus jumps in the cold water of Barcelona's Port Vell as he takes part in the103rd edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) on December 25, 2012. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered around 400 participants at the Old Harbour of Barcelona.

2012-12-25 14:40:00

Santa Claus shows off his "magical watch" he says stops time so that he can make it to every house to deliver presents the night before Christmas.

2012-12-24 05:49:00

Camp classic 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,' which stars an 8-year-old Pia Zadora, is out on Blu-ray for the holidays. It's so bad it's good. For a movie that is considered one of the worst ever made, 1964's "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" has had quite a wonderful life.

2012-12-24 00:00:00