Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Japan, children look forward to a visit from Hotei, a jolly Japanese god with a rotund frame. Ganref As Christmas approaches, ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, an actor and a politician. His next role? Santa Claus, of course. The Man with the Bag, an upcoming holiday family comedy that recently began production, ...

(The Conversation) — Hotei, a Japanese god who carries a large sack, has come to be identified with Santa Claus – except that he brings the goodies on New Year’s Day instead of Christmas. (The ...