In the 1950s, a drunk New Yorker stole an aircraft twice and landed it in the middle of Manhattan, all on a bet
Stamford Hospital’s Christmas mystery: Every year for 57 years, anonymous man sends staff a “thank you” Christmas card
The Gävle goat – the Swedish Christmas goat sculpture that is burned almost every year
After the first chimpanzee survived a space flight in 1961, his name was changed from Number 65 to Ham the Astrochimp
The thriving ancient city of Patara in Turkey: birthplace of St. Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus
In 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his flapper bride, Zelda, shook up a sleepy Connecticut shore town with wild parties
In 1980, chemist Glenn Seaborg solved a centuries-old problem in alchemy and turned a non-precious metal into gold
Starring a working divorced mom, the classic “Miracle on 34th Street” was progressive for its time–and featured an 8-year-old Natalie Wood who secretly did believe in Santa Claus
After 150 years the French Hospital closed, it had offered medical care during Los Angeles’s most dangerous, disease-ridden years
The Areni-1 shoe: An Armenian cave yielded the oldest leather footwear in the world
