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How Santa Came to Be!
by Curtis Woods©
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The Story of Santa Clause was told to the children for many generations and many countries lay claim to the Legend of the Man, who, on Christmas Eve, will bring gifts to all good little boys and girls. For hundreds of years Dutch Children would leave their shoes by the hearth on Christmas Eve for St. Nicholas. In America stockings are hung by the fire with care, hoping St Nicholas will fill them with care. In 1822 Dr. Clement Clarke Moore put the story of St Nicholas into verse titled "An account of a visit from St. Nicholas". Moore is also credited with the idea of Santa Claus coming down the chimney. Moore portrayed Santa as an elf. Thomas Nast a newspaper cartoonist, returned Santa to normal height and gave him a big round belly. His Illustrations of Santa, dressed him in a red satin suit trimmed in white ermine. He added a wide black belt, a pointed cap and leather boots. Santa Clause is depicted in literature, songs, and film. The movies of Santa Clause have provided the model for the Santa Clause celebrated around the world today. |
Who Is Santa Claus?
J. Harold Gwynne
Don't be surprised
while I confide,
He may be standing by your side!
He's every wish and
fervent prayer;
He's every kind deed everywhere.
He's love wherever
love is found;
He's one's best self the year around.
He's every Christmas
Melody,
He's every gift neath every tree.
He's in each
handclasp of a friend;
He's Christmas cheer that has no end.
He's faith, and
hope, a dream come true . . .
Why, yes, of course, he could be you!
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The Hearth at Christmas George B. Adams
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 Now what better
place to be than beside a fireplacewaiting for Santa to come down the Chimney.
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" Fireside Charm" by Curtis Woods.© Pappy got jealous and wanted to be on the Internet too. This is one of his photos of my Christmas Animal Collection. I now have at least thirty bears. This one is Titled " Fireside Charm" |
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" More Fireside Charm " by Curtis Woods
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I am going to have some quotes I thought would be appropriate for the season. I will be adding to these as time goes by. Here are the first of these.
You do not know what hope is until you have lost it.
(T.S. Eliot)
Before another Christmas dawns, God grant we earn the peace those
ageless stars foretell
( Autor Unknown)
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large
world.
(Confucius)
The Light that shines from the humble manger is strong enough to lighten
our way to the end of our days.
( Author Unknown)
I thank God for Christmas.
Would that it lasted all year.
For on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,
all the world is a better place,
and men and women are more loveable,
Love it self seeps into every heart,
and Miracles happen.
(Peter Marshall)
Christmas is the day that holds all time together
(Alexander Smith)
Christmas began in the heart of God. It is complete only when it reaches
the heart of man.
(Author Unknown)
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
