“Is Father Christmas ... basilica for a winter festival, said there were audible gasps when Staglianò uttered his remarks. Scarnato said the bishop “could have left Santa Claus out of it ...

While Rudolph is often referred to as male, all nine reindeer are supposed to be female since males lose their antlers in the winter. Santa Claus is referred to as Christmas Father in some regions ...

The tradition is thought to date back to around 1914 but the most reliable research seems to point at Pat’s father, Jim Yellig. He had returned from the First World War and found Santa Claus ...