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Swiss village hosts annual world championships of Santa Clauses

ThevillageofSamnaunisjustoneofmanysmallskiresortsinSwitzerlandbutforoneweekendayear,itturnsintoaworldcenterforSantaClausfans.Morethanahundredmenandwomendescendo

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Ho! Ho! Swiss village hosts annual world championships of Santa Clauses

ThevillageofSamnaunisjustoneofmanysmallskiresortsinSwitzerlandbutforoneweekendayear,itturnsintoaworldcenterforSantaClausfans.Morethanahundredmenandwomendescendo

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The secret history of black Santas

America's biggest shopping mall grabbed headlines this week by hiring its first African-American Father Christmas. But black Santas have been around for a lot longer than you might think - and even played a role in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.

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China in the eyes of a Belgian businessman

​Peter Claus, a successful Belgian businessman who has been doing business with China since the 1980s, has many stories to tell when it comes to his experience in China.

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We believe in Santa... and we don’t

Ms Ko Hui Yen's eldest child Kit-sen, who is six, does not believe in Santa Claus. When the girl was about three, she pulled the beard of a Santa and it turned out to be made of cotton wool.