And remember: Even when a kid stops believing in Santa Claus, the spirit of Christmas ... kids are likely to figure out that ...

Christy Heins, of North Aurora, Illinois, shared her exit strategy for getting out of the Elf on the Shelf routine ... each morning and serving as Santa Claus' eyes and ears throughout the ...

A young deaf girl was able to share her Christmas list with Santa Claus for the first time ... "Through the power of Facebook we found Holly the Elf, whose real name is Melanie Boyeson, and ...

But the real-life Santa Claus doesn't quite resemble the brand ... his tale was mixed with local folktales of flying chariots and elves. In the Netherlands, St. Nicholas was rumored to have ...

"When children start putting together in their minds that Santa Claus may not be real, they'll ask questions -- and that's an opening for parents to get them talking about what's logical or not to ...

It wasn’t the first time fiction had caused real-life confusion ... is the work chief elf Pat undertakes with her army of volunteers each year. “We help Santa Claus answer letters that ...