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 ...

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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.

His answer came on December 24, when he penned a letter in red ink that was purportedly from Father Christmas himself and included a self-portrait of a man with a flowing white beard and red coat.