Santa Claus is really the Easter Bunny, as revealed in St. Nicholas magazine, 1915.

Magicians (like Uri Geller) who perform spoon bending aren't necessarily religious, but they have a patron saint just the same.  Here's the patron saint of magical cutlery, from The Saturday Evening Post, 1839.

An illustration from Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (1909).

"Christmas up his own tree!"  An illustration from an 1874 issue of Punch magazine.

King Christmas and his Almoner: an illustration from a 1903 issue of Punch magazine.

An illustration from a 1912 issue of Puck magazine.

Wet Santas are rare finds.  This one is from Punch, 1872. 

"Christmas is Coming!"  An illustration from an 1892 issue of Punch magazine.

Did you know that Santa, back when he was svelte, used to deliver presents on New Year's Eve and not Christmas Eve?  This illustration is from The Family Magazine, 1840.

Did you know that Santa's nightmare word is "unfilled"?  We find proof in Life, 1918.

Santa is haunted by children of the poor in this illustration from Life, 1918.

We guess he might be dreaming of something like this:

"No more laps, just some weightless floating." —Bronwyn Jameson, Beyond Control (2004)

Santa Claus is depicted as a young wood nymph in this illustration from an 1891 issue of The Strand magazine.