By the 1860s, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home at the North Pole. Read more of this story from our National Museum of ...

While the Santa Claus we know today is primarily an American icon ... a beloved part of holiday tales and cultural beliefs surrounding Santa Claus and the North Pole. Rudolph's story of being ...

Santa Claus made his annual Christmas Eve journey from the North Pole to households around the world and, in keeping with decades of tradition, the North American Aerospace Command, or NORAD ...