Every Christmas Eve, families set out milk and cookies for Santa, the beloved figure who brings magic to children worldwide.

has suggested an Elf on the Shelf type origin for the character now known as Wales' Santa Claus, or Sion Corn in Welsh. But Sion Corn may not be the present-delivering figure the Western world ...

Arun Chandran, an Independent councillor for Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, moved to ban female Santa Claus impersonators from taking part in an annual winter parade last month, after two women ...