Regarding that tall order Santa Claus is tasked with each year… no one feels the brunt of it more than Giamatti’s version in “Fred Claus,” which sees an ailing Father Christmas dependent ...

This mythical figure would then merge with the English Father Christmas – often associated with feasting and games, rather than gifts – to create the character children adore today.

THE true face of the man that inspired Father Christmas can be seen for the first time in almost 1,700 years - after scientists reconstructed his likeness from his skull. Saint Nicholas of Myra ...