POTTSVILLE — Unlike Santa Claus, the Belsnickel doesn’t make a list and check it twice to see which kids were naughty or nice. Nor does he give kids a warning that they should not cry or pout, as ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Amazing America TV) — Dwight Schrute of The Office wasn’t lying: Belsnickel is indeed real, and Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas is a forgotten treasure of American holiday culture. Here ...

POTTSVILLE — The Belsnickel, a Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas figure, is coming to the Schuylkill County Historical Society. Keith Brintzenhoff, a Pennsylvania Dutch folklorist, will impersonate the ...

Victoria Anderson and Elyse Pedri had no problem picturing life behind a wooden desk roughly 20 times older than themselves. Anderson of Shillington and Pedri of Fleetwood, both 11, said they wouldn’t ...

(WHTM) — Everybody knows Santa Claus is the most popular Christmas figure, but there is another, more intimidating gift-giver embedded in Pennsylvania Christmas lore who threatened to beat misbehaving ...

BERWICK, Pa. — WNEP’s Home and Backyard show recently took a charming visit to the historic Jackson Mansion in Berwick, an exquisitely restored estate that offers special tours for the holiday season.