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The poem “The Night Before Christmas” was written by Professor Clement Clarke Moore. First published in 1823, the story was written to entertain his daughters.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Legendary sleigh-pulling flying reindeer A parade float with a model of Santa's reindeer and sleigh in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, 2009 In traditional Western festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus ...
1776 Island: Represented as a Colonial American island that celebrates American Independence Day on a daily basis. 1776, also known as "Sev", lives here. 1893 Island : Rudolph mentions that the inhabitants have never heard of Happy. 1893 marked the beginning of a major economic depression in the Western Hemisphere known as the Panic of 1893 .
Gilley's book includes some important elements in the early development of Santa Claus: his connection with the northern winter, the reindeer and sleigh, and his arrival on Christmas Eve rather than on 6 December (the traditional feast day of Saint Nicholas). [2] [5] The accompanying engravings are the earliest images of a Santa figure.
The 248-year-old letter was written in the same month as the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It’s going up for auction. 1776 letter by Junipero Serra outlined his plan for California ...
Articles relating to Santa Claus's reindeer. The first eight reindeer are based on those used in the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (commonly knowwn as The Night Before Christmas) by Clement Clarke Moore.
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The cover sheet to the French translation of the letter drafted by the First Continental Congress in 1774. The Letters to the Inhabitants of Canada were three letters written by the First and Second Continental Congresses in 1774, 1775, and 1776 to communicate directly with the population of the Province of Quebec, formerly the French province of Canada, which had no representative system at ...