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Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa, or Santy) 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. He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in ...
Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character.
Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found ...
In 1948, the Beacon Journal published children’s letters to Santa Claus. The earnest notes offer a glimpse of childhood after World War II. Local history: Dolls, guns and a real horse?
1. Go to Santa School. You probably didn’t know it, but Santa schools are a big business. There are plenty to choose from, online and in-person. Taylor runs the Worldwide Santa Claus Network, an ...
These Christmas crafts for kids are an easy and affordable activity. From pinecone tree crafts to sparkly snowflakes, try a few of these ideas this December.
The term was coined by Theodore Taylor in 1978: [1] It's possible to imagine a machine that could scoop up material – rocks from the Moon or rocks from asteroids – process them inside and produce just about any product: washing machines or teacups or automobiles or starships. Once such a machine exists it could gather sunlight and materials ...
PDF24 Creator is an application software by Geek Software GmbH for the creation of PDF files from any application and for converting files to the PDF format. The application is released under a proprietary freeware license. The software has been developed in Germany since 2006, originally under the name PDFDrucker, [1] and is actively developed.