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Christmas Flowers Gifts Blog
Christmas: flowers, gifts, trees, family. Christmas is gifts and trees to many, but family, friends, sparkle, parties, children and has great religious significance to others. Love the cheap highly flammable perfume from Auntie or the socks your granny knitted that come to your armpits or not - You gotta love Christmas!Permanent link: Santa's Aliases!
Santa's Aliases!
Other names he is known by are: Father Christmas Saint Nick Kris Kringle Saint Nicholas Papa Noel and Noel Father. Clement C. Moore is given credit for creating Santa Claus, as we know him today. When his famous poem "The Night before Christmas" was published, it gave a vivid image of what the famous man looked like and became the modern Santa Claus as the jolly fat man with a white beard and red suit. Most parents that celebrate Christmas actively try to convince their children of Santa's existence. They are usually successful until an older sibling or friend whispers the horrifying words, "There is no Father Christmas." Parents at least try to keep the source of their presents a secret and give Santa Claus the credit for bringing the gifts. Father Christmas originated in Britain and remains the British name for Santa Claus. He was pictured as a well-fed man in a long green, fur-lined robe. He was known to typify the spirit of cheer at Christmas and was represented as "The Spirit of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens. It's an American tradition for children to leave Santa Claus milk and cookies on his yearly visit and of course, a carrot for Santa's reindeer. He is known to fit down any chimney and if there isn't a fireplace in the home, he will create one especially for Christmas Eve. He leaves the same way he came after leaving gifts under the tree and filling all the stockings left by hopeful children. Many Christian churches discourage the focus on Santa Claus as they feel it takes away from the real focus of the holiday, which is the birth of Jesus. No one knows the actual birth date of Jesus but a clerical decision was made to keep a religious focus into some of the more carnal festivities that people were indulging in during the Yule festivals that originated in by the Romans and Germans. Technorati Tags: Santa's Aliases!Posted by Admin at 2006-10-16 04:06, Home
Christmas trees, Christmas gifts, gadgets, food and Christmas flowers-Go on treat your self. Splash out and enjoy Christmas-you can worry about everything else after!
