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The eight reindeer, as they appeared in the first publication of Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823. The poem was first published in the Sentinel of Troy, New York, on 23 December 1823. All eight reindeer were named, the first six being Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and the final two "Dunder" and "Blixem" (meaning ...
Active. Google Santa Tracker is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment website first launched in 2004 by Google that simulates [ 2][ 3] the tracking of the legendary character [ 4] Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, [ 5] using predetermined location information. [ 2] It also allows users to play, watch, and learn through various Christmas-themed ...
If you’re really committed to monitoring his whereabouts, you can download the NORAD tracking app from Google Play or the Apple App Store. You can also track Santa through NORAD's hotline with ...
Santa's workshop. In Christmas folklore and legends, Santa's Workshop is the workshop where Santa Claus and his elves live and make the toys and presents given out at Christmas. The exact location of Santa's workshop varies depending upon local culture, however it is generally believed to be somewhere around or on the North Pole.
In A Visit From St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore describes Santa as "a right jolly old elf," but it's possible he just needed a rhyme to go with the word "myself" in his poem! Related: 9 of the ...
Illustration to verse 2. " Old Santeclaus with Much Delight " is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas"). It is the first publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa Claus's reindeer and his sleigh ...
The "Santa Experience," an annual event held at the mall in Bloomington, Minn., includes the most diverse group of Santas, including Santa Pat, a Santa who is Black. Santa Allan Siu, the mall’s ...
Gemstones of the World revised 5th edition, 2013 by Walter Schumann ISBN 978-1454909538 Smithsonian Handbook: Gemstones by Cally Hall, 2nd ed. 2002 ISBN 978-0789489852 v