father christmas

I remember when I was a kid trying to lie awake to hear Santas sleighbells in our roof (which was sloped!) I remember wanting to see Santa, but at the same time thinking that he was actually a bit scary. I don't know if that makes sense or if anyone esle remembers thinking that. Of course as a...

I had a disagreement today we were talking about christmas and a workmate asked when father christmas started to be depicked wearing a red and white suit I said it was in the late 1800's. He said that this was wrong and it was in 1946-47 when coca-cola put him in too an advertisment. Can anyone...

[Emp edit: Thought it worth having a separate thread for this apart from the Seasonla one: www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11985 I've now megred a few threads and posts together to make this one.] An ancient tradition mentioned in the article on the Fortean homepage - Last of...