All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St.

I willingly lie to my child about Santa Claus and I make no apologies. In fact, I don't believe I could ever feel an ounce of ...

Long before Santa Claus became the jolly man in red we know today, there lived a real person named Nicholas in the ancient ...

Everybody knows Santa Claus. But how many people know the inspiration for the jolly Father Christmas was in fact a bishop ...

Parents await the question with quiet dread. When their child comes home from school and makes that horrid inquiry, they know that innocence is ending. The joy and wonder of childhood passes far too ...

Sure, it's a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn't laughing that December day almost 20 years ago. She had just parked the car in the garage when her then-8-year-old son ...

Since retiring as The Columbian’s editor in January, I’ve had some time on my hands. I was thinking about this the other morning as I realized I was old, gray and what could kindly be described as por ...