Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Santa Claus vs Father Christmas
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Santa Claus vs Father Christmas
The true identity of the white-bearded, red-robed figure who fills children’s stockings at Christmas has long been debated. This Long Read written by Thomas Ruys Smith sizes up the merry contenders.
Today’s feature originally appeared in the Christmas 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
View all episodes
By History Extra
4.3
4747 ratings
The true identity of the white-bearded, red-robed figure who fills children’s stockings at Christmas has long been debated. This Long Read written by Thomas Ruys Smith sizes up the merry contenders.
Today’s feature originally appeared in the Christmas 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine, and has been voiced in partnership with the RNIB.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More shows like HistoryExtra Long Reads
View all
In Our Time
5,531 Listeners
HistoryExtra podcast
3,216 Listeners
In Our Time: History
1,876 Listeners
Dan Snow's History Hit
4,803 Listeners
The English Heritage Podcast
233 Listeners
Historic Royal Palaces Podcast
476 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,218 Listeners
The Ancients
3,359 Listeners
Gone Medieval
1,904 Listeners
Not Just the Tudors
2,080 Listeners
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
1,407 Listeners
History's Greatest Cities
62 Listeners
History's Heroes
510 Listeners
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
1,144 Listeners
History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories
37 Listeners
History's Greatest Scandals
15 Listeners
History's Greatest Battles
14 Listeners