Santa Claus

NORAD said even a pandemic wouldn’t disrupt Santa’s schedule.

It was a different Christmas Eve for “Santa Claus” in the Arctic Circle due to coronavirus this year. Santa says more together time with family is the best gift this Christmas.

Santa Claus’ worldwide journey to deliver gifts to children was underway Christmas Eve and NORAD is tracking him online.

A Silverton, Ore. Santa Claus is still safely visiting with kids before he heads back to the North Pole from inside his bubble.

A Santa in Silverton, Oregon, has ditched the mask and jumped inside a bubble in an effort to bring joy for the Christmas season.

In a CNN interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci told some curious kids that he visited the North Pole himself and administered a coronavirus vaccine to Santa.

A Santa parade and photo-op in Georgia last Thursday may have exposed up to 50 children to COVID-19 after Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus later tested positive for the virus, NBC News reported.

The World Health Organization says Santa Claus is immune from COVID-19 and will deliver presents on Christmas, but stressed that the children of the world physically distance themselves from others and listen to their parents.

The United States Postal Service has launched its 108th annual USPS Operation Santa, which allows the public to grant wishes of children and families in need of holiday gifts.

For more than 100 years, thousands of children in need have been helped through USPS’ Operation Santa. The documentary “Dear Santa” takes an inside look at what kids from all over the country ask St. Nick and how anyone can help make their dreams come true. The director, Dana Nachman, joined LX News to talk about which wishes touched her...

A diver dressed as Santa Claus has taken up residence at the Tokyo Aquarium for the Christmas season.

The emotional toll caused by the pandemic is jumping off the pages in the deluge of “Dear Santa” letters now arriving at a post office in southwestern France that sorts and responds to your mail from around the world.

The holiday tradition of visiting Santa Claus at the mall is just the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. But as malls cancel their in-person events, out-of-work Santas are moving to online platforms to continue the Christmas tradition virtually. And for many families, that’s turning out to be even better than the real thing.

COVID-19 is changing holiday traditions like pictures with Santa Claus to the shopping itself. NBC10 Delaware Reporter Tim Furlong shows us how the Christiana Mall is dealing with the pandemic this season.

Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap

Philly Live’s Sheila Watko is already getting a taste of Christmas cheer as Santa has arrived at the Cherry Hill Mall in New Jersey. The mall is offering a social-distanced experience this year, including at-home Zooms with Santa.

Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic changing plenty of traditions, a visit to Santa at the mall can still happen but Saint Nick will be behind a plastic shield at Philadelphia-area PREIT malls.

Visitors will be able to pose for photos or have storytime with Santa in the mall, but there will be COVID-19 safety guidelines in place. You can also chat with him by Zoom.

It’s not even Halloween yet but a South Jersey town already has Christmas on its mind. NBC10’s Cydney Long shows us how Voorhees is working to “sanitize” Santa.