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The clock is ticking for families hoping to send letters to Santa Claus at the North Pole this holiday season. Letters need to be postmarked by Monday, a spokesperson for the U. S. Postal Service ...
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure [1] originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.
A white elephant gift exchange, [1] Yankee swap [2] or Dirty Santa [3] [nb 1] is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during Christmas festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item. [ 3 ]
Santa watchers can follow his journey on NORAD’s website or they can call the command center at 1-877-HI-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) to participate in the yearly Christmas tradition.
Santa's progress was shown on a live map on NORAD's website and updates are posted on the agency's Facebook, X, Instagram and YouTube pages. From his starting point at the North Pole, the map ...
An 1886 depiction of Odin by Georg von Rosen.. Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology. [3]Jacob Grimm (Deutsche Mythologie) traces the threatening or scary companions of Saint Nicholas (such as the Krampus of the Austro-Bavarian dialect region) to Christianized versions of household spirits (kobolds, elves).
<i>Caga Tiós</i> on display at the Santa Llúcia Christmas market in Barcelona in 2006. Credit - Greg Gladman—Flickr. C hristmas is one of the most globally celebrated holidays in the world ...
Santa Clones is an annual Christmas display by Chris Willis in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] The display featured hundreds of Santa Claus statues and the location is different each year. Willis started the project in the early 2010s and the size of his collection of statues has grown over time.