Santa Claus News

You've heard the expression, 'What goes around comes around.'' So true.On Christmas Day, sitting alone and thinking of the Marine son who was taken by cancer recently.

A recent photo taken at a family reception shows my three brothers and me in dark suits, standing side by side like an a cappella quartet.

"What does Santa feed his reindeer?" "What kind of cookies does Santa like?" "How will I know when Santa has been to my house?" Kids are filled with all kinds of questions when they visit jolly ol' St.

Christmas in modern times often seems wrought with tension and stress, mostly brought on by the way adults treat the season.

Stephanie Abney's heart pounded Monday night as she waited for the long-anticipated return of her husband, Greg, from Iraq.

With the holidays here, do any of these nonfictional characters sound familiar to you? Does anyone of them ring a sleigh bell in your memory? Did one of them sit at your table at last year's Christmas party? Or corner you on New Year's Eve, forcing you to tell lies to escape their ho-ho-hum conversation? I have, and it wasn't pretty.

Thumbs up: To the anonymous donor who gifted a rare gold 1977 South African Krugerrand coin to the Salvation Army's red kettle in Chesterfield on Wednesday.

Editors note: Associate editor John Dempsey and staff writer Denise Massie recently had the opportunity to sit down with Santa Claus before his big night of work on Christmas Eve.

By Ida Chipman Correspondent PLYMOUTH - It was cold and getting colder when the members of the Boys & Girls Club, Plymouth, came inside the building last Thursday.

Believing in Santa Claus requires an imagination. Indianapolis filmmaker Dan T. Hall has used his own imagination to write a Christmas story with an original twist.

A missing 3-foot-tall plastic Santa Claus stolen from a home last week was found Sunday, its owner said.

It happens each holiday season, when during an otherwise random conversation about New Urbanism, heirloom tomatoes or the reasons why the Confederacy got whipped in the Civil War, someone will look at me with dismay and say: "You're such a Grinch, Roger." My response never varies: "Thank you very much." The roots of my longstanding Yuletide ...

Nineteen year-old Tricia Kennelly now faces a battery charge. Police say they were watching the crowd outside Conseco Fieldhouse at Monday night's Pacers' game.

Each year since 1955 the North American Aerospace Defense Command has used its radar and satellite technology to track Santa's flight from the North Pole to the homes of every good little boy and girl.

For Wally Lugenbeal, looking like Santa Claus isn't just for Christmas. Lugenbeal, 63, Cicero, said he first grew his beard three years ago to play Santa on the Courthouse Square, then shaved it right after Christmas.

The town of Griffith continued its holiday tradition of celebrating its railroad roots by inviting Santa Claus to spend some time in its caboose.

Parents: If you don't want your kids to know who they really entrusted their Christmas list with at Concord Mall this year, don't let them read any further.

Caption: Sarah Jessica Parker continues to promote her new film 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' during her appearance on CBS' 'The Early Show' New York City, USA .... PARKER KEEPS 'NAKED TREE' TRADITION ALIVE SARAH JESSICA PARKER has a special Christmas tradition she's passing on to her kids from her own childhood - concerning a "naked tree". The ...

Santa's helpers at the U.S. Post Office were kind enough to pass along copies of a few of the letters sent to Santa this year by local kids: Dear Santa, Thank you for the presents from last year.

Santa Claus made a special visit to Center Grove Elementary School last week to give the gift of reading to kindergarten students.