Santa Claus may be coming to town, but he often won't arrive fast enough to satisfy little ones anxiously awaiting his visit. Feed their excitement and get your family into a Santa state of mind with ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...