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According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer, males shed their antlers in the beginning of winter. Females, on the other
Explore the fascinating history of Santa Claus, from his origins as a 4th-century saint to his modern image shaped by poems, cartoons, and Coca-Cola ads.
Santa Claus, the jolly man in red, began as Saint Nicholas, a kind bishop in the 4th century. Over centuries, his legend grew through European traditions, poems, and illustrations, evolving into the cheerful Christmas icon we know today,
All those are good deeds, but one tale of St. Nick is a great deed that stands head and shoulders above the others; St. Nicholas, it is said, resurrected three children who had been murdered, chopped up, and and pickled in brine by an evil butcher planning to sell them as pork during a famine.