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Free Christmas! A Christmas Gift Idea For Families On A Tight Budget

My wife Christy is the sweetest, most loving person I know. She lives for Christmas every year, and when I say she lives for Christmas, I mean that boxes, and boxes, and boxes of Christmas decorations come...

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Brita as 'Iduna' by Carl Larsson93

Some Old-Fashioned Christmas images for Art Lovers this holiday

Brita as 'Iduna' by Carl Larsson The Christmas holiday is a special, magical time of year, and the images in art that best conjure up that warm, cosy feeling of anticipation and celebration are often those...

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St Nicholas becomes Santa Claus

Santa Claus/Father Christmas/St Nicholas - this is the story of how a bishop of Myra in Asia Minor in the 4th century(St Nicholas) becomes Santa Claus as we know him today.

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St Nicholas, Father Christmas and the Santa Claus Story

As you put out your plate of cookies and glass of milk for Santa Claus this Christmas Eve, spare a thought for the history of Father Christmas. What were the origins of Santa? From the early St Nicholas through to our modern day Christmas traditions.

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St Nicholas Day

December 6th, is St. Nicholas Day, the day designated by the Catholic Church in its Calendar of Saints to honor the man named Nicholas who was Bishop of Myra, which is now a part of Turkey, and noted for his...

0 comments    christmas gifts santa claus
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Dear Father Christmas

Dear Father Christmas is all about a christmas wish list. A fictional one but written in hope. The hope being that it may just come true. After all - Christmas is a magical time - isn't it?

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St. Nicholas dropping gifts down a chimney.  Character by horse is Zwarte Piet the Dutch version of Père Fouettard.87

Father Christmas and His Assistant Père Fouettard

Saint Nicholas Day is December 6th. In many parts of the world this day is celebrated with St. Nicholas visiting cities and homes where he distributes gifts to children. This tradition goes back to the Middle...

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Christmas Traditions - Letters To Santa

Every year children all over the world to write letters to Santa. Some leave them in their shoes, for Sinter Klaus or Père Noel to find on Christmas Eve, some leave notes pinned to the Christmas stockings that adorn the mantle above the fireplace. Some children write letters to jolly old Saint Nicholas, or address themselves to Santa's Workshop in care of the North Pole.

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Free Vintage Santa Graphics

What kid doesn't love Santa Claus? These vintage Santa graphics capture the joy and magic of an old fashioned Christmas and are free to use wherever you like.

17 comments    pictures arts kids
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Christmas-A Child's Christmas in the Fifties

Let's start with the usual question then, Why This Hub? Writing to the HubMob this week, which asked for hubs relating to Children's Toys, set my old and addled mind racing. Once the Hub was written and...

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