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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.
Rudolph is usually depicted as the ninth and youngest of Santa Claus's reindeer, using his luminous red nose to lead the reindeer team and guide Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Though he initially receives ridicule for his nose as a fawn, the brightness of his nose is so powerful that it illuminates the team's path through harsh winter weather.
5.01 prints palette images with black (or dark gray) backgrounds under Windows 98, sometimes with radically altered colors. [80] 6.0 fails to display PNG images of 4097 or 4098 bytes in size. [81] 6.0 cannot open a PNG file that contains one or more zero-length IDAT chunks. This issue was first fixed in security update 947864 (MS08-024).
December is here and, as expected, Santa and his elves are busy at work at the North Pole. After all, there are last-minute toys to finish cobbling and names to add to the "Nice List," before the ...
As it does every year, NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, tracked Santa on his trip around the world on Christmas Eve so children and families could see where he was.
In the early hours of December 29, the pranksters returned, one of them dressed as the Grinch and the others as Santa Claus, and the Grinch "stole" Santa's hat. [33] From 2021 to 2024, a popular meme depicted a blue version of the Grinch smiling, with text stating that his smile was a result of having 'knee surgery tomorrow'. [34]
A Santa suit is a suit worn by a person portraying the legendary figure Santa Claus. The modern American version of the suit can be attributed to the work of Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly magazine, although it is often thought that Haddon Sundblom designed the suit in his advertising work for The Coca-Cola Company .
The King of Ping Pong (Swedish: Ping-pongkingen) is a 2008 Swedish film directed by Jens Jonsson, who also co-wrote the film with Hans Gunnarsson. The film revolves around a dysfunctional family, including a teenager Rille. It was featured and won two awards at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It received mostly positive reception.