Remarkable new high-tech images reveal the face of the real-life bishop who inspired the concept of Santa Claus — more than 1,700 years after he first made Christmas merry and bright.

Fewer people, though, know about Saint Nicholas, the real-life person that inspired this modern-day mythological figure. Like Santa Claus ... and the rest is history. The scene has subsequently ...

Where did Santa ... their real benefactor, Kriss Kringle (as the name came to be pronounced) became confused with his whiskery assistant—and eventually with the gift-bearing Santa Claus.

Hearken to the true story of Nicholas ... jolly, European-looking Santa Claus.

It wasn't until quite late Christmas morning that the truth finally dawned on the American people as a whole that Santa Claus simply hadn't shown up at all. In every locality, a few isolated pairs ...

Researchers have used forensic methods to produce images of the man who Santa Claus is based on. Saint Nicholas of Myra lived over 1,700 years ago. According to accounts of his life, he was very ...

"This story in particular, it really kind of humanised him for me and made him a far more interesting character than I think he's normally portrayed," says University of Winchester's Brian Thornton.

They wrote: "I don't know much about the history of Santa Claus but I know he was literally just supposed to be Saint Nicholas, so maybe when the tradition started it was at a time when people ...

Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on ...