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Dec 15, 2017 · The “Santa hoax” isn’t exactly harmful. It might even be healthy. “Parents should never lie to their children about anything,” says Frances Walfish, Psy.D., a Beverly Hills psychotherapist who specializes in working with children and families. “However, when it comes to myths like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, many parents want ...
Dec 19, 2023 · The adults who remembered feeling the worst were at an older age when they learned about Santa, they tended to have found out abruptly, and from another person, rather than figuring it out on their own. Yet a similar number of children, and around 13 per cent of adults, recalled experiencing positive emotions upon learning Santa wasn’t real.
Dec 23, 2015 · That he was essentially a contemporary invention did not much matter; he suggested, in everything he did and claimed to be, nostalgia. “Santa Claus represented an old-fashioned Christmas, a ...
Dec 20, 2019 · Santa has eyes and ears everywhere. First of all, he has his Elves; if you have an Elf on your shelf, then this guy will be the main one keeping an eye on you. Otherwise, you have mummies and daddies, teachers, babysitters, and even the bus drivers who are helping him out too and just letting him know every now and again, what’s going on. You ...
- The Legend of St. Nicholas: The Real Santa Claus
- Sinter Klaas Comes to New York
- Shopping Mall Santas
- ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- Santa Claus Around The World
- Christmas Traditions in The United States
- The Ninth Reindeer, Rudolph
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around A.D. 280 in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Much admired for his piety and kindness, St. Nicholas became the subject of many legends. It is said that he gave away all of his inherited wealth and ...
St. Nicholas made his first inroads into American popular culture towards the end of the 18th century. In December 1773, and again in 1774, a New Yorknewspaper reported that groups of Dutch families had gathered to honor the anniversary of his death. The name Santa Claus evolved from Nick’s Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas, a shortened form of Sint Nik...
Gift-giving, mainly centered around children, has been an important part of the Christmascelebration since the holiday’s rejuvenation in the early 19th century. Stores began to advertise Christmas shopping in 1820, and by the 1840s, newspapers were creating separate sections for holiday advertisements, which often featured images of the newly-popul...
In 1822, Clement Clarke Moore, an Episcopal minister, wrote a long Christmas poem for his three daughters entitled “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas,” more popularly known as “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas.” Moore’s poem, which he was initially hesitant to publish due to the frivolous nature of its subject, is largely responsible for our ...
Eighteenth-century America’s Santa Claus was not the only St. Nicholas-inspired gift-giver to make an appearance at Christmastime. There are similar figures and Christmas traditions around the world. Christkind or Kris Kringle was believed to deliver presents to well-behaved Swiss and German children. Meaning “Christ child,” Christkind is an angel-...
In the United States, Santa Claus is often depicted as flying from his home to home on Christmas Eve to deliver toys to children. He flies on his magic sleigh led by his reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and the most famous reindeer of all, Rudolph. Santa enters each home through the chimney, which is why empt...
Rudolph, “the most famous reindeer of all,” was born over 100 years after his eight flying counterparts. The red-nosed wonder was the creation of Robert L. May, a copywriter at the Montgomery Ward department store. In 1939, May wrote a Christmas-themed story-poem to help bring holiday traffic into his store. Using a similar rhyme pattern to Moore’s...
Jul 23, 2024 · Santa Claus, legendary figure who is the traditional patron of Christmas in the United States and other countries, bringing gifts to children. His popular image is based on traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian saint. Father Christmas fills the role in many European countries. Somebody Knew I Was Coming, a depiction ...
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Jul 27, 2024 · Nearly all children around the world know that Santa’s wife is Mrs. Claus or Mother Christmas. Her name is widely debated, but the most common theories are Martha, Mary, and Layla. But what is Mrs. Claus like? Like Santa himself, Mrs. Claus tends to be portrayed differently depending on the source.
