Christmas is celebrated in some form on every inhabited continent, and while the details vary wildly, a lot of the underlying themes are surprisingly similar: light in the darkness, sharing food, giving gifts, and spending time with people you care … Read More
Santa Claus is the jolly, bearded gift-giver of Christmas Eve, but behind the red suit and flying reindeer is a story that stretches back more than 1,700 years. Let’s unpack who “Santa” really is and how this legendary figure came … Read More
(“Ghost of Christmas Present”, an illustration by John Leech made for Charles Dickens’s festive classic A Christmas Carol (1843)) Santa Claus, as it is commonly depicted, can be seen as a relatively modern syncretistic building with far-reaching origins: it is … Read More
Santa Claus is a legendary, archetypal and mythic character, related to Christmas. Although Santa Claus tradition has origins in northern Europe, it is popularized in the United States in the nineteenth century. It is called Father Christmas or Santa Claus … Read More
Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa is a gift-giving figure in various cultures who distributes presents to children, traditionally on Christmas Eve. The popular American form Santa Claus originated as a mispronounciation … Read More
Also known as Christ’s Mass Observed by Christians all over the world also as by non-Christians who observe the secular elements from the holiday. Kind Christian, international Significance conventional birthdate of Jesus Observances religious solutions, present providing, family members meetings, … Read More
