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Peanut Butter Blossoms. As the story goes, a woman by the name of Mrs. Freda F. Smith from Ohio developed the original recipe for these for The Grand National Pillsbury Bake-Off competition in 1957.
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.
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 ...
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.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 stop motion Christmas animated television special produced by Videocraft International, Ltd. [2] It first aired December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of The General Electric Fantasy Hour.
An aging Santa Claus is ready to retire but first, he must convince his son to take over his job. Mrs. Miracle: 2009: Mrs. Santa Claus: 1996: Santa's wife ends up in New York in the early 1900s near Christmastime. Must Be Santa: 1999: Santa must pass his powers on to his chosen successor, but mistakenly passes them on to an ex-con.
The character recurred throughout mass media of the time, with notable literary examples including the 1914 one-act play Mrs. Santa Claus, Militant by Bell Elliott Palmer, the 1923 story The Great Adventure of Mrs. Santa Claus by Sarah Addington illustrated by Gertrude Kay, and the 1963 children's book How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas by Phyllis McGinley.
The earliest surviving vocal recording was made by the Edison Male Quartette in 1898, also on an Edison cylinder (and 1898 Columbia brown wax 4090), as part of a 'Christmas' medley titled "Sleigh Ride Party". [5] There is a version by the Hayden Quartet called Sleigh Ride Party recorded in 1901. [13] In 1902, the Hayden Quartet recorded "Jingle ...