Tag: Santa Claus
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
How Christmas became an American holiday tradition, with a Santa Claus,...
Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas
Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders and conservatives publicly complaining about...
Here’s why Christmas movies are so appealing this holiday season
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College
With the pandemic limiting travel over the holiday season, many Americans will be settling in front of the television to...
What do kids really think about Santa?
Jonathan Lane, Vanderbilt University
Children’s belief in Santa may be taken as evidence that they’re gullible or unable to distinguish fantasy from reality. But, consider...
This Christmas tell your children the real Santa Claus story
Lisa Bitel, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Santa Claus will soon be coming to town, bringing gifts to...
What psychiatrists have to say about holiday blues
Linda Saab, Wayne State University and Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University
This time of the year brings a lot of changes to the usual day-to-day...
What Kwanzaa means for black Americans
Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University
On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with...
Why children believe (or not) that Santa Claus exists
Jacqueline D. Woolley, University of Texas at Austin
The holiday season is upon us, and so are its attendant myths, most prominent of which is...
EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
