Secret Santa! Where to find holiday fun off that’s off the beaten path

Secret Santa! Where to find holiday fun off that’s off the beaten path

This holiday season, think beyond the staples and enter the tri-state’s slate of under-the-radar programming. Here are some holiday hits you haven’t thought of — yet. Get in the swim It’s off to Camden, NJ, we go! Bring your pint-size revelers to the Adventure Aquarium, all dressed up in holiday fin-ery, some 90 miles southwest … Read more

Exclusive | Hey, Google — is Santa real? How AI is ruining Christmas for kids

Exclusive | Hey, Google — is Santa real? How AI is ruining Christmas for kids

AI is the new Grinch that’s stealing Christmas.   Nervous laughter was Kelly Bowron’s visceral, hysterical response to her son learning the truth about Santa Claus Tuesday — courtesy of a Google search.  Her Leo, 11 — whose belief in the jolly fat man had remained firmly intact from childhood to preadolescence until this week — … Read more

Paul McCartney adds Santa Barbara concert to 2025 tour. Get tickets

Paul McCartney adds Santa Barbara concert to 2025 tour. Get tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. It may seem that Paul McCartney has done everything and then some over the course of his illustrious career. After a bit … Read more

Cruise ship passenger shocked to find this hidden housekeeping secret under his bed: ‘Like finding out Santa isn’t real’

Cruise ship passenger shocked to find this hidden housekeeping secret under his bed: ‘Like finding out Santa isn’t real’

Say it ain’t so. One of the exciting things cruise guests look forward to after a long day is coming back to a tidied-up room with a little intricately folded towel animal on their bed — a little touch cruise housekeepers are known for doing. However, a cruise-goer learned the hard way, due to some … Read more

Santa Fe Klan announces ‘Unidos Tour’ with Shoreline Mafia. Get tickets

Santa Fe Klan announces ‘Unidos Tour’ with Shoreline Mafia. Get tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Santa Fe Klan and Shoreline Mafia are officially “Unidos.” Starting in July, the Latino Hip-Hop icons join forces on their ‘Unidos Tour’ … Read more

Coca-Cola brings back fan-favorite flavor — but only in some places: ‘Thank you, Coke Santa’

Coca-Cola brings back fan-favorite flavor — but only in some places: ‘Thank you, Coke Santa’

Some folks may be green with envy. Coca-Cola has brought back the Lime Coke flavor, which hasn’t been on store shelves for 18 years. The fizzy thirst quencher, which features a hint of green citrus, was first released in 2005, and it lasted for about two years before being discontinued. Lime Coca-Cola is back on … Read more

The ‘cruel’ way Netflix axed Drew Barrymore’s hit show ‘Santa Clarita Diet’

The ‘cruel’ way Netflix axed Drew Barrymore’s hit show ‘Santa Clarita Diet’

The creator of one of Netflix’s most popular cult hits has revealed the shocking way he was told his show had been axed. Airing from 2017 to 2019, Santa Clarita Diet was a much-loved horror comedy series with a dedicated following. The Netflix “zomcom” starred Drew Barrymore as a real estate agent who turns into a zombie, … Read more

Andy Reid dons Santa suit to celebrate Chiefs’ Christmas win

Andy Reid dons Santa suit to celebrate Chiefs’ Christmas win

Andy Reid got into the Christmas spirit. The Chiefs coach made a postgame outfit change, swapping his sideline attire for a Santa Claus outfit, to deliver the good news to his Chiefs players after their 29-10 win over the Steelers clinched the AFC title and a first-round bye. “Merry Christmas! Proud of you, dudes. Proud … Read more

What is ‘Sick Santa Syndrome’? Doctor warned of hazards of dressing as St. Nick in the ‘80s

What is ‘Sick Santa Syndrome’? Doctor warned of hazards of dressing as St. Nick in the ‘80s

Forget “naughty” and “nice” — Santa should probably be checking twice for “nauseous” and “feverish.” Unfortunately, the many men donning Santa suits every December don’t have the power to know where viruses might be lurking, inspiring one doctor — and sometimes Santa Claus — to publish his warnings about “Sick Santa Syndrome” in a 1986 medical … Read more

Girl, 8, writes angry letter to parents after asking them about Santa: ‘You’re a dream crusher’

Girl, 8, writes angry letter to parents after asking them about Santa: ‘You’re a dream crusher’

She absolutely sleighed them. An 8-year-old girl in Arizona felt so betrayed after learning the truth about Santa Claus that she wrote her parents an angry letter labeling them “dream crushers” and “backstabbers.” Her furious correspondence is currently blowing up on Reddit, although some skeptics wondered if, like Kris Kringle himself, it may have been … Read more

Kim Kardashian’s ‘Santa Baby’ cover blasted as ‘disturbing’ and ‘demonic’ by fans

Kim Kardashian’s ‘Santa Baby’ cover blasted as ‘disturbing’ and ‘demonic’ by fans

Kim Kardashian’s cover of “Santa Baby” has fans talking, leaving many “confused.” On Sunday, the reality television star shared the music video for her take on the Christmas song. Kardashian, 44, was seen in home-video style filming, crawling on her hands and knees in a blonde bob wig. Kardashian crawled past a donkey next to the Virgin Mary, … Read more

How NORAD’s Santa tracker has given anxious kids ‘screams and giggles and laughter’ for decades

How NORAD’s Santa tracker has given anxious kids ‘screams and giggles and laughter’ for decades

The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the Earth, delivering presents and defying time. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about Santa’s location. Millions more follow online in nine languages, from English to Japanese. On … Read more

My secret Santa gift at work was so awful I had to get HR involved — and it’s not what you think

My secret Santa gift at work was so awful I had to get HR involved — and it’s not what you think

It’s the thought that counts, but a woman has been left wondering what exactly she’s received as a secret Santa present. The “baffling” gift, which was given to her by an anonymous colleague, was so disturbing that she admitted: “To be honest, I’m disgusted by it.” But she’s also not sure if she being “ungrateful” … Read more

Navy vet ‘Santa’ receives life-changing Christmas present: ‘Matches my suit’

Navy vet ‘Santa’ receives life-changing Christmas present: ‘Matches my suit’

Santa’s got a new little helper this year. Retired U.S. Navy veteran Mike Tindall, 67, has become the first professional Santa Claus in the world to sport a bionic arm — and it’s just the right color, too. After a 1994 work accident led to his left forearm being amputated, the former airplane mechanic eventually found … Read more

Exclusive | NJ mall Santa celebrates successful surgery that saved his right leg: ‘Truly a Christmas miracle’

Exclusive | NJ mall Santa celebrates successful surgery that saved his right leg: ‘Truly a Christmas miracle’

Santa’s got a brand new leg. A professional NJ mall Santa almost lost his leg, but is healing in time for the holidays. “I still get choked up. They saved my leg. I am very, very grateful,” Ronald Fierro told The Post. The Kris Kringle doppelganger and retired high school teacher from Paterson, NJ, had … Read more

Woman wants to ditch family gathering after setting up insane Secret Santa limit

Woman wants to ditch family gathering after setting up insane Secret Santa limit

Nothing says ‘family fun’ like going into debt for a candle no one wanted. One woman says this year’s Christmas spirit is being measured in dollar signs.  She wants to ditch the family gathering after they set an outrageous price tag for Secret Santa.  ‘Totally unrealistic’ “This year my family decided to raise the price limit to $250 per gift,” the 29-year-old … Read more

Exclusive | Transforming into Santa and Mrs. Claus takes months, cash and cupcakes: It ‘makes me feel alive’

Exclusive | Transforming into Santa and Mrs. Claus takes months, cash and cupcakes: It ‘makes me feel alive’

Jennifer Harrison really digs her Claus into Christmas.   Ditching her naturally blond locks for snow white tresses, rocking Christmas-berry red nails and velveteen vestments to match, the 60-year-old New Yorker is Mrs. Claus.   “Putting on that costume makes me feel alive,” Harrison, a full-time portrayer of Santa’s wife, told The Post. During the latter half of the … Read more

Are mall Santa photos passé? Parents opt for private sessions with their kids:  ‘Craving a more personalized experience’

Are mall Santa photos passé? Parents opt for private sessions with their kids:  ‘Craving a more personalized experience’

Classic mall Santa photo shoots are a tradition that spans generations — but these days, parents are opting for something less conventional. Rather than having their children sit on a mall Santa’s lap for a quick snapshot, moms in New Orleans are booking private studio sessions with the jolly, old Saint Nick for a professional … Read more

Santa Claus ‘hometown’ suddenly overrun with tourists — and locals are protesting in the streets: ‘It’s not anymore in control’

Santa Claus ‘hometown’ suddenly overrun with tourists — and locals are protesting in the streets: ‘It’s not anymore in control’

Overtourism has made it all the way to the “North Pole.” A small city in Finland dubbed the “official hometown of Santa Claus” has been overrun with eager travelers this holiday season — and frustrated residents are adding them all to the naughty list. Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland and home to the Santa Claus Village … Read more

Bloomingdales’ green Santa has parents seeing red and kids ‘crying’

Bloomingdales’ green Santa has parents seeing red and kids ‘crying’

They’re seeing red over Bloomies’ green Santa. As part of a “holiday partnership” with the cinematic event “Wicked,” Santaland at the Bloomingdale’s 59th Street flagship has been “Oz-ified” to be more Emerald City than North Pole. There are pink Christmas trees, wand lollipops instead of candy canes, “Wicked”-themed bracelets and jolly old St. Nick wears … Read more