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80Christmas in a childs eye
As a child growing up in the Alps, in the South East of France, winter was always a very special time for us as a family. With snow, winter sports, evenings by the open fire and roasting chestnuts, it was a...
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80Free 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.
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73St 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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77Christmas-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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76St 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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90Father 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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83Some 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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77Santa Claus Official Blog
Happy Christmas HO HO HO! Hello Everybody, Santa Claus here, this year my advisors have told me that although I'm getting on a bit it's never to late to get in touch with new technology so I should get my...
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77Christmas: Just where did all those traditions come from?
Christmas comes but once a year. But where did all those weird Christmas traditions come from? Are they really from Pagan practices, or did some random dude make them all up one day?
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84St 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...
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