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 ...

Semi-prototypical Santas did things like come up with stories they’d tell themselves or share with children to explain away ...

Yes, Santa Claus exists, though perhaps not in the way many might initially think. The word "illusion" need not be understood as something false or deceitful. Rather, I propose that illusions are not ...

AI is the new Grinch that’s stealing Christmas. Nervous laughter was Kelly Bowron’s visceral, hysterical response to her son ...

Is Santa real? At some point in their young lives, nearly every kid who celebrates Christmas will ask that question. And more ...

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 ...

In December last year I caught a nasty virus that rendered me completely mute for weeks, unable to squeak out a sound. I carried a pad of paper with me everywhere, scrawling out requests and answers ...

Remember that scene from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" where Clark Griswold loses his you-know-what in an epic, angry rant? That's the kind of rage that can come from braving the crowds ...

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible ...