Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. Red velvet ...

From St. Nick to Santa to Kris Kringle, why we have different names for the jolly bringer of Christmas gifts You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by ...

He immediately inspires sympathy. Imagine for a moment Santa Claus in the body of a woman. Would this Mrs. Claus have a similar costume, which covers her head and legs? Would she also be marked by ...