CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Just four weeks until Christmas -- the countdown makes the preparations even more exciting. Enjoy it all through the eyes of a child. That simplistic perspective can rejuvenate this ...

Santa Claus hasn't always been a fat, jolly man with a beard and a red coat. He hasn't even always lived at the North Pole. The Santa of today often is called the "Coca-Cola Santa" because he was ...

Background: Santa Claus - who goes by numerous names, including Kris Kringle and St. Nicholas - and his wife, Mrs. Claus, make their home at the North Pole.

Top lots: German terracotta Santa Claus figure, $66,000; 1800s papier-mâché Santa figure, $26,400; 1904 Steiff “rod bear” with X-ray of interior torso, $20,400 ...