Santa Claus will be in attendance ... to provide people with special needs an opportunity to experience horse-riding, which has been proven to benefit individual health and well-being.

In these countries, Sinterklaas rides a white horse, and carries a large red book ... gives us a basic idea of what would later form Santa Claus, but this brings up another curious question ...

HORONOBE, Hokkaido--About 50 reindeer at a ranch here would normally be as busy as their brethren at the North Pole getting holiday revelers ready for Christmas and Santa Claus. But at Horonobe ...