“So they are actual letters where people tell Santa about their lives and how they have been ... to jolly old St. Nick 365 days a year. Taxpayer-funded and located at the Santa Claus Village ...

He has been covering crime for more than 15 years. His work has appeared previously in The New York Times and Slate. Is Santa Claus real, to a 7-year-old ... Studies have shown most children ...

Scientifically, it's proven that Santa's magical flying sleigh must have been pulled by a crew of female reindeer. But we assumed that they were male, to the point that we named one Rudolph.