Goodman, author of “The Last Man: A Novel of the 1927 Santa Claus Bank Robbery,” starts his talk at 5 p.m. Nov. 5 in the library, 801 Vance St. The account of a bank robbery in Cisco where one of the ...

What does the real Santa look like? With a notable lack of diverse Santas everywhere, from shopping malls to ornament shops, kids may wonder ... does the man in red look like them? Author Nancy Redd ...

RAINER MARIA RILKE, THE YEARS IN SWITZERLAND by J. R. von Salts, translated by N. K. Cruickshank. 321 pages. University of California. $7.50. “The Santa Claus of loneliness” was W. H. Auden’s tag for ...

Batman/Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1 opens with Batman and Robin investigating an implausible murder during the holiday season, which forces them to call on a number of allies. Through means too good ...

Omega-level mutants are the most powerful of all mutantkind: there’s weather-wielding Storm, the telepath Jean Grey, and Magneto, master of magnetism, to name a few. But the mightiest — and merriest — ...

Santa Claus is coming to town — or is he? There's a shortage of actors who play Santa at malls and company parties during the Christmas season. We speak with professional Santas Tom Carmody and Ed ...

Once upon a time, Santa Claus arrived at shopping malls the day after Thanksgiving. But, attention shoppers ... the Santa season has been extended at many malls! As Black Friday sales are no longer a ...