Have you ever wondered where Santa was and how he or she reaches an amazing feat of Christmas gift delivery to every home all over the world?

If you are wondering what the evidence for Santa Claus is, here is a collection of ten interesting facts about Santa himself: -

1. Its origins seem to be in the fourth century, when St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, Turkey, was good with children and the legend that he threw a window of gifts to poor children

2. Since 1773 the name appeared in the American press as “Santa Claus A”, later became Santa Claus

3. The author Washington Irving gave Americans their first detailed description of St. Nicholas, which he described as “a chubby man with a cheerful smile, pulled by a team of reindeer”

4. The face of poetry in 1823, when Clement Clarke Moore made it even more famous with “The Night before Christmas”, including the names of the eight reindeer (not including Rudolf, who was to appear in 1939 as the lead reindeer). This is one of the most beloved and re-told Christmas poems.

5. Historical Letters from Santa for the year 1849, including the well-liked songs, and interesting for children of JRR Tolkien, will be available both online and in print.

6. First images and advertising illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicted a round Santa for Christmas issues of Harper’s magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s, including the manufacture of toys. You can see these images on http://www.chuckfischer.com/best-twas-the-night-before-christmas-characters-books-moore-chuckfischerapps.html

7. “Is there a Santa Claus” was the title of an editorial appeared in September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun, ends with the highly publicized decision, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”

8. In 1930, the image of Santa using the well-known drinks, a great Christmas advertising campaign, which portrays his white beard, boots and a coat blacks great red. This is a picture that we know and love him today.

9. In 1939, Rudolf, the ninth reindeer, was introduced writer Robert May. His “very shiny nose” for fame almost instantaneously, through songs like “Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer” and, later, television appearances and movies.

10. In 1999, the image recorded by the SITE search for extraterrestrial surveillance, you can actually see a picture of the old man himself.

So this Christmas, do not blinks or you miss Santa whistling through your house with his bag of gifts.

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The original idea of Santa Claus, (or Father Christmas in Britain, or Papa Noël in France, etc.) came from St. Nicholas. He was a very pious fellow, born in Lycia, Turkey, in the early 4th century. After his parents died, he totally dedicated his life to Christ and joined a Lycian seminary.

It’s been said that he performed miracles of the same magnitude as Jesus. One example that was particularly memorable was the raising of his arms to still a violent storm at sea. This prompted the people to name him the patron saint of sailors.While still quite young, Nicholas was appointed bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor. He became famous for his generosity, especially towards children.

That image has obviously survived the ages. But it didn’t impress the Roman emperor of that time, who threw him in prison. And there he stayed for many years until a new emperor, Constantine, came into power.

Constantine was a Christian, and freed Nicholas, who became a member of Rome’s first Church council in 325. St. Nicholas died on December 6, 342, but his name lived on. He was named the patron saint of Sicily, Greece and Russia, as well as the patron saint of all children.

During his productive days, St. Nicholas used to ride from town to town on a donkey, converting people to Christianity, and helping the poor, especially the children. On December 6th, his Christian feast day, he’d leave gifts beside the hearth: fruit, nuts, candies, and wood and clay figurines. These were more practices that have been adopted by the modern-day Santa Claus.

The Dutch were the only ones to hold onto the St. Nicholas tradition. They put an image of him on the prow of the first Dutch ship to sail to America. They also named the first church built in New York City after him. They brought a couple of other traditions with them, too.

Back in the 16th century, the Dutch put clogs by the hearth on the night St. Nicholas was to come to leave gifts. They filled the wooden shoes with straw, to feed his donkey. St. Nicholas would leave a small gift in the clog in return.

It was also the Dutch name for St. Nicholas that eventually became Santa Claus. The Dutch called St. Nicholas “Sint Nikolass”, which got changed to the Americanized version, “Sinterklass”. When the English took control of New Amsterdam in the 17th century, Sinterklass was Anglicized to Santa Claus.One aspect of St. Nicholas that’s really changed is his appearance. He was a tall, slender man and, although he did have a long white beard, that was about the only physical resemblance he had to the jolly, big-bellied Santa Claus of today.

There were two things that aided in his conversion – a poem and a cartoon. We really are influenced by the media, and that’s a good example of it. One of the most famous poems ever written is “The Night Before Christmas”, by Dr. Clement Clarke Moore. He wrote it for his children, and kept it within the family because he didn’t want his peers, all classical scholars, to know he’d “stooped so low” as to write a simple children’s poem.

However, a “friend” took a copy of the poem and submitted it to a newspaper. It was quickly picked up by a magazine, and soon became published all across America. The description of Santa Claus in the poem gradually influenced people’s image of him.The other influence that changed Santa’s physical appearance was a series of cartoons by Thomas Nast, a cartoonist for “Harper’s Weekly”. From 1863-1886, Nast published a series of cartoons involving Santa Claus and his activities. They showed him during the year, making games & toys, checking on children’s behavior, and receiving children’s “wish lists”. They also depicted him as increasingly roly-poly.

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