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While characters resembling Santa Claus have circulated throughout the world for centuries, the notion of a sleigh pulled by reindeer wouldn’t become prominent until the 19th century.
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.
His Christmas image in the Harper's issue dated 29 December 1866 was a collage of engravings titled Santa Claus and His Works, which included the caption "Santa Claussville, N.P." [32] A colour collection of Nast's pictures, published in 1869, had a poem also titled "Santa Claus and His Works" by George P. Webster, who wrote that Santa Claus's ...
It is also considered the first Yuletide song to focus primarily on Santa Claus. It was originally published in the magazine Our Song Birds by Root & Cady . According to Reader's Digest Merry Christmas Song Book , Hanby probably owes the idea that Santa and his sleigh land on the roofs of homes to Clement C. Moore's 1822 poem, " A Visit from St ...
Santa Claus swapped his sleigh for an offshore lifeboat at the switch on of Newlyn's Christmas lights. Storm Darragh meant it was "too windy for Father Christmas to use his reindeer-driven sleigh ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. 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 festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus ...
Meanwhile, the North Wind attacks Santa's sleigh in flight, whipping up a vortex to consume Santa, but the Miser Brothers, with the aid of Tinsel and a team of young reindeer, save Santa in the nick of time. The North Wind's cover is blown and Mother Nature sentences him to do household chores for the next several thousand years as punishment ...
'Elf,' and its star Buddy, are Christmas movie staples. Celebrate the holidays with these funny 'Elf' movie quotes about Christmas trees, snuggles, and more.