Christmas Tales The Legends of Santa Part One

DOCUMENTARY: Christmas Tales (2009) The Legends of Santa. Threepart series in which Fiona Phillips examines the phenomenon of festive icons. In this programme, she looks at Father Christmas. Is he a real life saint, pagan figure, commercial creation or a mix of the three Whoever he is based on, our modern day idea of the jolly, bearded Santa is very different from the character loved but sometimes even feared by an earlier generation of children.