Around the world there are different versions of the jolly, bearded man who gives gifts to children in December or, in some countries, January. Unlike the bloated, red-coated father Christmas of the ...

Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), who like Santa Claus gives children presents during the festive period, receives almost 200,000 letters annually. Children usually ask for gadgets, while adults "order" ...

Ded Moroz on a flying carpet (All images courtesy Katya Zykova, soviet-postcards.com unless otherwise noted) Santa, poised over the mission control center, peering at a gleaming satellite on the ...

What's the holiday season like in Moscow? There's traffic…consumerism and… Ded Moroz. Ded Moroz is Russia's Father Frost, who brings presents on New Year's Eve. He looks a lot like his Western ...

People take a selfie during the Ded Moroz festival in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2019. The Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost or Santa Claus in Russia) festival took place on Saturday in Moscow. (Photo by ...

His traditional New Year's outfit is decorated with an army astrakhan collar and he wears a hat with a red star. One has to not only read poetry and dance, but also to pass the "Cheerful Snowman" test ...

Ded Moroz, the New Year's chief magician, doesn't live in the North Pole. In fact, he has several homes across Russia – a necessity considering all the visitors he gets! The possessions of Ded Moroz ...

Ded Moroz, or Grandfather Frost, lives more than 600 miles [1000 kilometers] northeast of Moscow, among pine forests on a cliff above the Sukhona River. Twelve years ago, Moscow’s recently replaced ...

The train is a special project of Russian Railways and the government of the Vologda Region, introduced on December 5, 2021 TASS, November 9. Ded Moroz's (Russian Santa) fairy-tale train from Veliky ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) visits the residence of Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, in the town of Veliky Ustyug, in the Vologda region, about 300 miles north of Moscow, ...