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Santa Claus 1865

13 hours ago ago from Teacup Lane

Did you know that Thomas Nast is credited with creating our popular image of Santa Claus? Above is one of Thomas Nast's earliest published works of Santa Claus and Christmas Traditions. Nast's illustrations appeared in Harper's Weekly newspapers in the years 1863 -1865. This is a fabulous source of information on the History of Santa Claus, and the origins of our Christmas Traditions. It can be seen that our popular image of Santa was first ...

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Yes Virginia, Santa Claus Is Real

2 hours ago ago from Cheap Web Hosting Site

He is a figure known the world over, an endorsement for gift giving, the winter holiday season and cookie eating. At times he is called Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas or Kris Kringle and is arguably the most famous heavyset celebrity - well at least to precede Elvis Presley. Yes, he is the loveable, enduring and jolly old chap we call Santa Claus. In 1897 one little girl from Manhattan, at the urging of her father, took it upon herself to ...

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I Believe in Santa Claus

10 hours ago ago from JLooney.com

My morning routine starts with the alarm on my iPhone going off at 7:00 am, me hitting snooze button a time or two, and then finally putting on my glasses and browsing Facebook and the news while I gradually build up the will power to drag my ass out of bed. This morning went much the same as it usually does, but the very first Facebook post I saw was this: “I don't understand why so many parents continue to lie to their children, ...

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44-D’s Twenty-Five Days of Christmas Music Videos (Dec 18th)

5 hours ago ago from 44-Diaries

Here Comes Santa Claus Performed by Gene Autry Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) is a Christmas song written by Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman. Autry got the idea for the song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade in Los Angeles, during which crowds of spectators chanted, Here comes Santa Claus . This inspired him to write a song that Haldeman set to music. A demo recording was made by ...

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Christopher Fenoglio (& Book Giveaway!)

1 day ago ago from WordVessel

Today WordVessel welcomes author Christopher Fenoglio. Here's his bio: Christopher Fenoglio is an award-winning columnist for The Tennessee Register, the newspaper for the Catholic Diocese of Nashville. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he recently wrote and self-published the illustrated Christmas poem Kristin and the Santa Secret . The poem is based upon the actual words and manner he and his wife Linda used to tell their ...

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