Santa Claus and I have a weird history. I’m not sure I ever actually believed in Kris Kringle, but he didn’t need to be real to leave me feeling some kind of way. As a kid, I spent a bit of time on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A little girl told Santa Claus she didn’t want to sit on his lap, and his response has gone viral. In a TikTok video shared by ...

When my first (of soon-to-be five) kids met Santa, the bearded man reached out expectantly, nodding for me to hand him the toddler. I hesitated a bit, wondering if my kid would freak out as the few ...

NEW HAVEN — George McCleary, president of the Connecticut Society of Santas, has a cardinal rule when it comes to training prospective Kris Kringles: Always keep your hands where people can see them.

All she wants for Christmas is respect for her boundaries. It’s the time of year again when you’ll be at the mall doing your holiday shopping when suddenly the terrified shrieks of children slice ...

Santa Claus is coming to town — and he’s teaching kids about consent. A woke Saint Nick in Miami, Fla. praised a young girl for standing up for herself and refusing to sit on his lap for a holiday ...

A Santa Claus is being applauded for supporting a young girl who told him she didn't want to sit on his lap. Katie Love took her daughter Adley to meet jolly old St. Nicholas on Sunday and told "Good ...

After waiting in an endless line, most kids are plopped down on Santa’s lap for a quick conversation and an obligatory photo. But a Miami toddler wasn’t having it. She told Santa "no" — and he was ...

Sometime in December, 2010, my wife and I, bewildered, brand-new parents, found ourselves in a drugstore in Brooklyn, handing our infant daughter to a stranger wearing a fake beard. There is a photo ...

This story first appeared in the Dec. 13, 2005, edition of WW. Ralphie, the pudgeball hero of the cable TV holiday classic A Christmas Story, once offered the ultimate advice for those visiting mall ...

A little girl told Santa Claus she didn’t want to sit on his lap, and his response has gone viral. In a TikTok video shared by Florida mother Katie Love, the influencer filmed her three-year-old ...