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Building family rituals that include a Deaf child doesn’t require flipping your whole holiday upside down. Ten small, practical ideas that start today.

The Santa industry has been around for a century. Sign language has been around longer. So why is it still so rare to find a Santa who can communicate with a Deaf child?

Most American families have visited a mall Santa, but very few know how the industry behind those visits actually operates. Here’s a short tour.

Charles Graves became the first widely-known Deaf Santa Claus, but Deaf Santas have appeared in Deaf schools and Deaf communities for far longer. Here’s some of the history that came before.

The Santa we know — red suit, white beard, North Pole, professional industry — is the product of a 1,700-year evolution. Here’s the short version.

There are still about 70 schools for the Deaf operating in the United States, though the landscape has changed dramatically. Here’s an overview of what they are, how they differ, and how to find one near you.

ASL didn’t come from English, and it didn’t come from one person. It came from a French educator, a Connecticut minister, and a generations-old signing community on Martha’s Vineyard. Here’s how a language was born.