Christmas Tales: The Legends of SantaSeries 1, episode 2Three-part series in which Fiona Phillips examines the phenomenon of festive icons. In this programme, she looks at Father Christmas. Is he a real-life saint, pagan figure, commercial creation or a mix of the three? Whoever he is based on, our modern day idea of the jolly, bearded Santa is very different from the character loved but sometimes even feared by an earlier generation of children. Click to see when Christmas Tales, The Legends of Santa is coming up on UK TV |
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