The Leagend of American Santa

Americanizing Santa was an effort that involved two American writers, a political cartoonist and the world's most accepted soft sip. These sources merged to form the Santa we see on greeting cards, in shopping malls, in cinema and on TV. 





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· 1809- Washington Irving gave the first comprehensive description of Santa in his book History of New York. Irving depicts him flying above the trees in a horse-drawn wagon and dropping gifts down chimneys. Physically he is a jolly Dutchman in baggy pants and a broad-rimmed hat smoking a long-stemmed pipe.

· 1823- Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas, enhanced known as The Night before Christmas. Moore added an arctic location by replacing Irving's horse with eight reindeer and his carriage with a sleigh. Although Moore creates Santa's signature laughs, winks and nods, Santa is still described as more elf-like than human.

· 1862- Thomas Nast used Moore's poem to illustrate a more human story of Santa for Harpers Weekly magazine. He gave Santa a home at the North Pole and dressed him in red. Santa was still had some elf qualities, and the magazine had limited circulation.

· 1931- Coke commissioned Haddon Sunbow to illustrate Santa for billboards and advertisements. Sandbox created a portly, grandfatherly figure with human proportions and a ruddy complexion. He used the signature red color of Coke's packaging for Santa's suit. This marketing tactic brought the modern version of Santa into the homes and hearts of Americans.

Fun Fact

· 1939- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was created when Robert L. May developed the story as an advertising promotion for Montgomery Ward. Millions of copies of the story were distributed. Later, the story was put to music and made into a TV special.

About The Christmas

Christmas is a time of restoration. A time when the best in kindness is
called forth amid the wellbeing of background. A time when it feels excellent to give, when
grievances are abolished, when cloud nine comes to Earth for a moment.
May Peace be your priority, Hope your foundation, Joy your
birthright, and Love for your gift.
We be predisposed to think of Christmas as a time for children, but what if
Christmas gives each of us the prospect to be the Child? To have wise men bring
costly gifts to us, to be held by and warm mother and father while shepherds
and other good folk admire us, to feel that everything will be okay...forever? What if
Christmas is a chance to start bright?
Instead of offering the New Year resolutions, we could give it our
brand new selves. We could leave behind the mistakes, the regret, the cutting
words, all of it. Surely Christmas is a wonderful time to start over, to make big
changes, to do a orbit. If we could see ourselves as the adored Child, we
might remember our innocence.
This Christmas, I invite you to be the Child. support yourself. Gift
yourself from wise men and women. establish your life out the way you have always
hunted, by acknowledge your bountiful gifts of spirit, with angels shouting from
the glorious heavens that you, a very extraordinary human being, are reborn. Be close to
the world in your manger, with a loving Father and Mother allowing the shepherds to
come close to respect you. Include the flora and fauna in your rebirth,
and realize with them that you are for eternity prized.
Know that you are a cradled, talented, highly thought of Earth child, with a
devoted Mother and Father who are just a heartbeat away. Take this new you into the
New Year, resolving to put across your blissful new self to all you meet.
May Peace be your priority, Hope your foundation, Joy your
birthright, and Love for your gift.