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78Is It Good Or Bad To Tell Children That Santa Claus Is a Myth?
by Chuck
My first thought on reading this Hub Request was what is to be gained from telling a child that Santa Claus is a myth? After all, childhood is a time of discovery and learning for children and the existence... published 8 months ago
78A Job As Santa Claus
by Chuck
The Santa in the mall or the department store Santa has been a retail Christmas tradition for most of the last century and is continuing into the 21st century. Every year thousands of men are hired to dress... published 2 years ago
70On the Eleventh Day of Christmas
by Chuck
At the big feasts held during the holiday celebrations the guests were often entertained by musicians, dancers, jugglers, etc. as well as singing and dancing themselves. Bagpipes and their younger cousins the... published 2 years ago
72On the Sixth Day of Christmas
by Chuck
Geese were among the first birds to be domesticated. Our Neolithic ancestors discovered that, rather than spending days searching for animals to kill or nests to rob, it was easier to capture them live and... published 2 years ago
77On the Second Day of Christmas
by Chuck
Doves are a common symbol for love and peace, two Christmas themes. Turtle doves are a common species of dove found in France and England and they were often kept in cages as pets during the Middle Ages and... published 2 years ago
73On the Fifth Day of Christmas
by Chuck
Unlike the four collie birds in the previous stanza who just had their name changed to a different, and non-existent, species of bird, the five rings in this stanza have, in singers' and illustrators' minds,... published 2 years ago
64The Story of Silent Night
by Chuck
On December 24th, the day before Christmas, in 1818 the young assistant pastor of St. Nicholas Church in the Austrian village of Oberndorf took a twenty minute walk from the church to the nearby village of... published 2 years ago
79On the First Day of Christmas
by Chuck
Why a partridge in a pear tree? A partridge is not a small bird that can be easily placed in a cage in the kitchen. And the song pre-dates dwarf fruit trees so we are talking about a good sized tree which... published 2 years ago
69St Nicholas and the Merchants Daughters
by Chuck
St. Nicholas, who morphed into Santa Claus, was a real historical figure but much of what is known about his is mainly legend. St. Nicholas Day is celebrated on December 6th in many parts of the world. Here... published 2 years ago
70The Twelve Days of Christmas
by Chuck
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a popular carol that dates back to the Middle Ages. Being much older than other popular Christmas carols, this one appears to have evolved rather than being composed and... published 2 years ago
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