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Burlesque (Hardcover)
Richard Henry Stoddard, William Shepard Walsh, William Fearing Gill
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R835
Discovery Miles 8 350
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Who Is Santa Klaus?
Just as the Christmas tree was brought over to this country by
early German immigrants so Saint Nicholas, or Santa Klaus, came
here in the train of the Dutch settlers of New York. He established
himself first in the little island of Manhattan and then gradually
spread all over the country. His Dutch origin is shown by the very
name Santa Klaus, which is common alike to Holland and America,
though it is elsewhere unknown.
At first he was honored on his own day with the same observances
that marked the festival in the Fatherland.
Before the beginning of the nineteenth century St. Nicholas's day
had been all but forgotten in New Amsterdam, and New Year's Eve was
the occasion when he made his rounds as a gift bearer to the
children. Later he transferred his activities to Christmas.
To go further back, we know that even in the eighteenth century,
when New York was still to a great extent Dutch in blood and in
feeling, the little children of the Knickerbockers would gather
expectant around the great hearth in the parlor on the eve of New
Year and not on the eve of Saint Nicholas's feast. It was to Saint
Nicholas they addressed the childish hymns and songs their
forefathers had brought from Holland.
It was about the middle of the nineteenth century that the funny
men of America took the Saint under their special patronage. In
Holland he had been austere and dignified, as became a bishop and a
saint. In America he developed into the fat, jolly, pot-bellied old
roisterer whom we all know and love and who reminds us at so many
points of the fun loving Silenus of Pagan times.
Undoubtedly it was the American, Clement C. Moore, who
immortalized the figure and decided the model which all succeeding
poets and artists have ever followed.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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