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History of santa claus

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"American Origins: (As sent to me by Brian Dodd)
Quote from ENCARTA 95
The American version of the Santa Claus figure received its inspiration and its name from the Dutch legend of Sinter Klaas, brought by settlers to New York in the 17th century.
As early as 1773 the name appeared in the American press as "St. A Claus," but it was the popular author Washington Irving who gave Americans their first detailed information about the Dutch version of Saint Nicholas. In his History of New York, published in 1809 under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker, Irving described the arrival of the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by Black Peter) each Eve of Saint Nicholas.
This Dutch-American Saint Nick achieved his fully Americanized form in 1823 in the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas by writer Clement Clarke Moore. Moore included such details as the names of the reindeer; Santa Claus's laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which Saint Nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up the chimney. (Moore's phrase "lays his finger aside of his nose" was drawn directly from Irving's 1809 description.)


The American image of Santa Claus was further elaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicted a rotund Santa for Christmas issues of Harper's magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. Nast added such details as Santa's workshop at the North Pole and Santa's list of the good and bad children of the world. A human-sized version of Santa Claus, rather than the elf of Moore's poem, was depicted in a series of illustrations for Coca-Cola advertisements introduced in 1931 that introduced and made the red Santa Suits an icon. In modern versions of the Santa Claus legend, only his toy-shop workers are elves. Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the Montgomery Ward Company.
In looking for the historical roots of Santa Claus, one must go very deep in the past. One discovers that Santa Claus as we know him is a combination of many different legends and mythical creatures.
The basis for the Christian-era Santa Claus is Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna (Izmir), in what is now Turkey. Nicholas lived in the 4th century A.D. He was very rich, generous, and loving toward children. Often he gave joy to poor children by throwing gifts in through their windows.
The Orthodox Church later raised St. Nicholas, miracle worker, to a position of great esteem. It was in his honor that Russia's oldest church, for example, was built. For its part, the Roman Catholic Church honored Nicholas as one who helped children and the poor. St. Nicholas became the patron saint of children and seafarers. His name day is December 6th.
In the Protestant areas of central and northern Germany, St. Nicholas later became known as der Weinachtsmann. In England he came to be called Father Christmas. St. Nicholas made his way to the United States with Dutch immigrants, and began to be referred to as Santa Claus.
In North American poetry and illustrations, Santa Claus, in his white beard, red jacket and pompom-topped cap, would sally forth on the night before Christmas in his sleigh, pulled by eight reindeer, and climb down chimneys to leave his gifts in stockings children set out on the fireplace's mantelpiece.
Children naturally wanted to know where Santa Claus actually came from. Where did he live when he wasn't delivering presents? Those questions gave rise to the legend that Santa Claus lived at the North Pole, where his Christmas-gift workshop was also located.
In 1925, since grazing reindeer would not be possible at the North Pole, newspapers revealed that Santa Claus in fact lived in Finnish Lapland. "Uncle Markus", Markus Rautio, who compared the popular "Children's hour" on Finnish public radio, revealed the great secret for the first time in 1927: Santa Claus lives on Lapland's Korvatunturi - "Ear Fell"
The fell, which is situated directly on Finland's eastern frontier, somewhat resembles a hare's ears - which are in fact Santa Claus's ears, with which he listens to hear if the world's children are being nice. Santa has the assistance of a busy group of elves, who have quite their own history in Scandinanvian legend.
Over the centuries, customs from different parts of the Northern Hemisphere thus came together and created the whole world's Santa Claus - the ageless, timeless, deathless white-bearded and red suited man who gives out gifts on Christmas and always returns to Korvatunturi in Finnish Lapland.
Since the 1950s, Santa has happily sojourned at Napapiiri, near Rovaniemi, at times other than Christmas, to meet children and the young at heart. By 1985 his visits to Napapiiri had become so regular that he established his own Santa Claus Office there. He comes there every day of the year to hear what children want for Christmas and to talk with children who have arrived from around the world. Santa Claus Village is also the location of Santa's main Post Office, which receives children's letters from the four corners of the world.




Sumber : http://www.the-north-pole.com/history/

10 Tempat Paling Romantis Di Dunia

1. Paris
Siapa sih yang tidak kenal dengan romantisme Paris? kota bagi para kekasih dengan makanan yang nikmat, anggur dan nuansa yang menyenangkan. Makan malam romantis dengan lilin indah di dekat menara Eiffel, berjalan bergandengen sepanjang Champs Elysees atau piknik di taman. Paris memberikan romansa dan keindahan bagi pasangan yang jatuh cinta selama berabad-abad.


2. Hawaii
Ternyata Hawaii adalah kota tempat tujuan bulan madu terbesar di dunia, terutama di kalangan orang Amerika. Entah di Maui, atau pulau besar lain di Hawaii, tempat ini selalu menawarkan pilihan terbaik pagi pasangan. Pantai dan hutan tropis, kamar hotel mewah, olahraga, dan berbagai hal menarik di alam bebas!


3. St. Thomas
Kota ini terletak di Virgin Islands, dan merupakan kota pantai yang terkenal oleh jajaran pantai indah dan tempat belanja menarik. Kota ini dipenuhi dengan penginapan yang dapat menampung pasangan atau bahkan keluarga. Di kota ini juga dibuat batasan untuk jumlah pesta dan peserta pesta, jadi anda tidak akan kesulitan jika ingin bermesraan dengan pasangan anda!

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4. Venesia
Perjalanan dengan gondola di kanal-kanal kota ini sudah menjadi simbol romantisme kota ini. Perjalanan dengan duduk berdekatan dengan pasangan dan dengan penuh kekaguman melihat bagian kota yang indah. Makan malam romantis di restoran Italia dengan berbagai liku-liku menarik yang terkadang akan membawa anda ke gereja indah romantis. Venesia adalah tempat yang akan membuat anda jatuh cinta dan jatuh cinta lagi.


5. Tahiti
Dearah tenang yang terletak di Pasifik Selatan, dengan bungalow pantai indah, yang memungkinkan anda berenang tenang di pagi hari. Bersantai di pasir putih dengan pohon kelapa indah dengan para karyawan hotel yang siap membantu anda apapun dan kapanpun. Pemandangan luar biasa indah di saat matahari terbenam juga tidak akan bisa anda lupakan dengan mudah!


6. Belize
Belize adalah tempat paling indah bagi para pasangan. Pulau yang terletak di tengah karang ini akan membuat pasangan melupakan semua orang karena banyak pantai yang jadi 'milik pribadi' dengan air yang dipenuhi ikan karang berwarna warni akan menemani anda. Anda takut berenang? bukan masalah, pantai indah dan pohon palem yang bergorang menanti Anda!


7. Maladewa
23 pulau yang terletak di tengah Samudra Indonesia ini adalah salah satu dari surga dunia. Pulau-pulau karang yang ada hanya sedikit sekali berada diatas permukaan laut, dan gugus karang yang melingkupi pulau ini penuh dengan kehidupan. Negara kecil yang indah dan romantis ini memang adalah tempat paling pas untuk kehidupan yang romantis.

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8. Seychelles
Kepulauan yang ada di Samudra Indonesia ini sebenarnya berada di lepas pantai Afrika dan merupakan tempat yang paling santai di dunia. Kehidupan yang eksotis dan nuansa yang tenang akan selalu menanti anda dan pasangan anda. Lapangan golf, spa, perjalanan memancing dan minuman segar tropis akan membuat pasangan yang sedang berbulan madu tidak akan mau kembali ke negara asal mereka lagi.

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9. Bruges
Kota kuno dengan setting abad pertengahan di Brussel ini adalah cara terbaik untuk melarikan diri dari segala kebisingan kota. Kota kecil yang tenang ini menjaga kondisi kota tetap seperti kondisi kota ini di abad pertengahan. Jalan-jalan yang dilapisi batu, dengan kafe-kafe kecil di udara terbuka akan membuat anda berasa kembali ke zaman abad pertengahan, lengkap dengan berbagai hal romantis dan indah, minus masalah dan ribut.

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10. Tuscany
Daerah yang penuh dengan kebun anggur, villa, dan kota-kota kecil Italia, akan membuat anda merasa seperti berada dalam perjalanan romantis. Anda dapat tinggal di villa bersejarah, dengan makanan terbaik dan anda dapat bersepeda berkeliling kebun anggur yang anda pilih dan minum anggur terbaik pula. Jika anda berada di tempat ini, pasti anda akan mengerti kenapa beberapa orang sama sekali tidak ingin kembali begitu sampai di tempat ini. Singkatnya, tidak ada yang lebih indah dan romantis di Italia daripada Tuscany.






sumber: http://haxims.blogspot.com/2010/01/10-te...dunia.html