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Extra credit: The Santa Claus myth was popularized in America by the 1823 poem "A Visit From Saint Nicholas," attributed to Clement Moore. The poem begins "Twas the night before Christmas"... An 1897 editorial by Frank P. Church in the New York Sun coined the famous phrase "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." According to the Encarta encyclopedia, the nickname Kris Kringle evolved from the German words for Christ child, Christkindl.
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Although the Dutch brought Sinta Claes [sic] with them to the New World in the seventh century, Santa Claus was not born until the nineteenth century and was an American, not a Dutch, creation. . . If Nicholas, the ascetic bishop of fourth-century Asia Minor, could see Santa Claus, he would not know who he was. (Del Re, Gerard and Patricia. The Christmas Almanack. New York: Random House, 2004, pp. 138,141)
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This Thomas Nast drawing of Santa Claus appeared in the January 3, 1863 edition of Harper's Weekly. The image is a nice, large drawing of Santa Claus. Santa is shown visiting a Union Civil War camp. Santa is pictured in a sleigh, being pulled by reindeer. This is the earliest published picture of Santa by Thomas Nast. Read the full description to learn who Santa appears to by lynching in the picture! (Click on Image for Detailed Description)
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Santa Claus letter’s text content can be designed individually according to customer’s wishes. Santa Claus can in a nice way tell something about the company; about its personnel, customers or some other things concerning the company. Letter can be written in a language customer requires. Letters are produced according to customers own wishes. The content of the letters will be designed specially for the customer; letters will be printed according the address registry and the mailing schedule upon agreement. In the letter can be added an attachment if customer so wishes.
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Today the Santa Claus Parade is almost six kilometers long with more than 25 floats on themes ranging from Harry Potter to Hockey Night in Canada. There are more than 20 musical bands and around 1,500 costumed volunteer participants ranging in age from eight to 80.
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Unbeknownst to Claus, the unstable prototype cloning process had left the clone Santa with a poor immune system. In January, 1911, after 20 years enduring harsh arctic environs, Santa suffered from catastrophic organ liquification (But not dead). The Elves, by this time a fully formed ninjitsu cult, went into deep mourning.
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