Tis the season when professional Santas are in peak demand, but many who choose this line of work often view it as a higher calling and maintain some aspects of the identity all year round—even those ...

Surfing Santas returned to Cocoa Beach, Florida, for a 16th year, a traditional costumed extravaganza on Florida’s Space Coast that has become one of the world’s most-anticipated Santa-themed ...

Every year, Cocoa Beach, Florida, stages the effervescent "Surfing Santas" event, a "surf-off" and costume contest attended ...

At the Mall of America, shoppers spotted something they had never seen before at America’s largest shopping mall: an Asian Santa. The "Santa Experience," an annual event held at the mall in ...

What started as a fun family outing in 2009 has grown into an annual Florida tradition staple, and it started right on Cocoa Beach.

After weeks of living inside the red suit, professional Santas navigate burnout, reflection and an unexpectedly lonely ...

"People from all over congregate on Christmas Eve in Cocoa Beach to celebrate the holidays with Santa, friends and family," ...

Surfing Santas will kick off its 14th annual event this morning, with hundreds of red-suited surfers taking rips off Cocoa Beach in Florida. This year’s colorful event won’t have the record 837 ...

Santa Claus is coming to town, though this year it might be through a glass barrier. Many mall Santas and the organizations that employ them are taking precautions to keep performers and children safe ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — Wayne Smith's home in University Park has been a Christmas destination for seven years now. His several-hundred-strong collection of light-up Santas and his plastic menagerie ...