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Burlesque (Hardcover)
Richard Henry Stoddard, William Shepard Walsh, William Fearing Gill
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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 is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Heroes And Heroines Of Fiction, Classical Mediaeval,
Legendary: Famous Characters And Famous Names In Novels, Romances,
Poems And Dramas, Classified, Analyzed And Criticised, With
Supplementary Citations From The Best Authorities William Shepard
Walsh J.B. Lippincott company, 1915 Literary Criticism; General;
Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Semiotics &
Theory; Literature; Literature, Modern
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Half-hours With Great Novelists William Shepard Walsh Belford,
Clarke, 1884 Literary Criticism; American; General; American
literature; English fiction; English literature; Literary Criticism
/ American / General; Literary Criticism / European / English,
Irish, Scottish, Welsh
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