Dear Santa, is this really you? On behalf of Kris Kringle, Germany’s Deutsche Post has enlisted 20 workers to respond to the thousands of letters from children all over the world that are expected to ...

For the first time in two years, Europe’s festive Christmas markets have opened to the public, including in Germany, where a group of people protested COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. On ...

HIMMELPFORT, Germany — This tiny village 60 miles west of Berlin has one long street, iconic half-timbered houses and a very special post office. Here, 20 multilingual "angels" spend months answering ...

Only very few locals braved the cold kitted out in red Santa suits trimmed with white fur and pointed hats, keeping their distance while running through the streets of the small town for the annual ...

Looks like Santa Claus is on the naughty list in Germany this year. Police arrested a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Stralsund Christmas market on Monday for allegedly not showing his ...

Belsnicakel is part of the Christmas lore of Germany, other German-speaking countries and the Pennsylvania Dutch, a community in the United States since the 1830s. He is a companion of Saint Nicholas, ...

A Christmas post office in Germany answered to a "record number" of letters sent to the German village of St. Nikolaus from children around the world. A post office in Germany has responded to more ...

Ukrainian children can now receive answers in their native language when they send letters to Santa Claus at the St Nikolaus post office in south-western Germany. St Nikolaus is a small village ...

German children have been sending letters to Santa Claus for several decades now. Volunteers at special Christmas post offices write back to tens of thousands of kids each year. But, unlike in the US ...

HIMMELPFORT, Germany — This tiny village 60 miles west of Berlin has one long street, iconic half-timbered houses and a very special post office. Here, 20 multilingual "angels" spend months answering ...