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When did Father Christmas become Santa Claus?
20 hours ago ago from Child Of The 1980's
You may know him as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle or Annual Gift Man (if you believe the writers of The Simpsons) but when I was very little the jolly fat man in the red suit was always known as Father Christmas. At some point during my childhood though, the name Santa Claus started to rise in popularity, probably due to the way that British TV gradually started to become much more Americanised. This makes me wonder how many young ...
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18 hours ago ago from Rubio Cartoons | Reviews about the world we live
Santa Claus is very busy these days because Christmas is near and he must to prepare all the presents for the children. He doesn't want to leave anything detail for the last hour because after all are stress and it is yet very hard to do all in one night how to forgot any people without gift. But there are associations that are worried about the image that Santa Claus give to the children: “ A fat man that promotes the obesity, drives ...
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8 hours ago ago from Killing the Buddha
I've got a zany new essay at Religion Dispatches today about a lecture earlier this week in Brooklyn, A Philosophical Proof of Santa Claus. Jamie Hook, the evening's presenter, did a masterful job of miming some of the issues at play in debates about God—though in the guise of a fellow whose existence, this season at least, is for many people a somewhat more urgent question. Mr. Hook, who describes himself as a “socially omnivorous urban ...
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12 hours ago ago from Soul's Code
Almost everybody knows Santa Claus, but the man known as Old Saint Nick descends from an ancient Middle Eastern bishop who treated opponents harshly and championed the cause of the powerless BY KOHL GLAU — Santa Claus' real story begins nearly seventeen hundred years ago as the powerful Roman empire was quickly becoming Christian. He lived in a moderate Mediterranean climate, opposed Church-branded heretics, financially supported the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Christmas Stories
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Santa crawl around the world: Ho! Ho! Ho! from Gadling to you
9 hours ago ago from Gadling
Last Saturday night, Times Square was literally a Santa free for all. I first noticed the Santa madness as I approached from the direction of the Empire State Building while walking along Broadway. Along the way, a group of five Santas passed me. Then another group of Santas strolled by. Then there was a lone Santa and a Santa with Mrs. Claus. There were also elves. By the time I reached 42nd Street, I wondered if this was some Improv ...
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4 hours ago ago from Media General - WCBD.com
Search: Keyword Site Web | RSS + - Text Size Print Share This Track Santa online News 2 Published: December 18, 2009 Updated: December 2009 As excitement builds for Santa's big day, parents are once again turning to the internet to help their children anticipate his arrival. Technology will ...
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9 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Recently several best-selling books as well as a number of child development experts have focused their attention on the growing trend of "helicopter parenting" and have described its negative effects on children and adolescents. These writers point out how parents' tendencies to hover and overprotect their kids are destroying children's initiative and making them feel incompetent and inadequate. The media is being blamed for this trend ...
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