But the real-life Santa Claus doesn't quite resemble the brand ... It's all thanks to a handful of rich New Yorkers and two short poems. The tale of St. Nicholas is one that has spread across ...

Santa Claus in the 1910s and 1920s had largely come into focus as ... In 1822, American poet Clement Clarke Moore wrote a poem for his daughters about "A Visit from St. Nicholas," describing the ...