Where did Santa come from? The Middle East. The original Santa Claus was St. Nicholas ... In 1809, Washington Irving wrote a history of New York in which he introduced “Sinter Klaas” to ...

Santa Claus’s history with Coke (the soda, to be specific) stems from the 1920s, when designs similar to the ones created by Thomas Nast made their appearances in advertisements for the soft drink.

By the 1860s, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home at the North Pole. Read more of this story from our National Museum of ...

But how did Santa become the holiday's figurehead? Here's a history lesson on ol' Saint Nick. Santa Claus' origins date back to about 280 A.D. when St. Nicholas was born, the History Channel reports.

From St. Nick to Santa to ... call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. Whether it’s St. Nick, Santa or Kris Kringle, the history of how he got ...