Writing a letter to Santa Claus is a time-honored tradition for kids this time of year. Telling the big guy that they've been a good girl or boy, naming a few toys on their Christmas wish list ...

And then, of course, there’s the town of Santa Claus. Santa Claus? Why is a small town in the midwest of America - more than 4,300 miles (6,920km) from Lapland - called Santa Claus? Maybe we ...