Red One

I’ve long been interested in the lore that’s built up around Christmas. It started with the Rankin-Bass holiday film, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, which purported to be the story of how Santa Claus came to be a toy maker who moved to the North Pole and then used flying reindeer to deliver toys to everyone around the world on Christmas Eve. Later, I discovered L. Frank Baum’s version of the story titled The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. Beyond these fantasy stories, I also love hearing ab...