Santa Claus

"Father Christmas goes back in any event to the extent the seventeenth century in Britain, and pictures of him make due from that time, depicting him as an all-around fed whiskery man wearing a long, green, hide lined robe. He embodied the soul of optimism at Christmas" (Wikipedia-Santa). Additionally Christmas is the occasion to unite families for "Christmas traditions include: present giving and fun from Roman Saturnalia; greenery, lights, and philanthropy from the Roman New Year; and Yule logs and different sustenance from Germanic dining experiences." Christmas really is the occasion of giving and family

The most famous and tallest elf of all is Buddy Hobbs, the main character of the classic Christmas movie, "Elf," which is also one of the films that companies me through the cold holiday break. The film talks about a normal baby boy accidently got taken to North Pole after Santa finished delivering all the gifts. He ended up living there and became one of the elves. However when he grown up, finally discovers that he doesn't belong there and have decided to go on his search to reunite with his real family. On his journey, I can see hope, love, lots of sweet bubbly energy, and also the great joy of Christmas.

Santa Claus must exist. How else would you describe this change in the way humans interact during these otherwise dreary winter months? Santa Claus is the catalyst of human goodness, sparking within us a genuine care for our neighbor, bringing us together for this wonderful season. Think of a world without Santa Claus!

After living with Santa for years and years, he was no longer a human, but one of Santa's many elfs...and the tallest one at that.

Fraser (2015) found the the individual whose story inspired the myth Santa, also known as Saint Nicholas, originates from a bishop living in Turkey in the third century. Nikoloas of Mrya refused to worship the then Roman Emperor Diocletian, and was imprisoned until Emperor Constantine freed the Christians five years later. He went on to show kindness and compassion by anonymously giving gifts to others without expecting anything in return. One such example occured when he placed gold coins in the stockings left out to

What goes on at the North Pole? Are Santa and the Elves immortal? If you find yourself asking those questions, then The Elf Brief might be the book for you! Noel Night is fairly new to the North Pole in the scheme of things, but Santa Christo has a special mission for him. Santa wants him to chronicle the events during the change of Santas. You see, Santa Christo is retiring, and Samuel Locke has accepted the job of becoming the new Santa. Noel will make detailed notes during this time in order to help the transition to be smoother in the future. Noel’s job is also to help Samuel in his transition. What secrets will Noel find out during this process?

The Ghost of Christmas Past came to teach Scrooge about how as child he became

It can be easily depicted that Christmas is a time of the year to share joyfulness. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is a character that is effortlessly described as a hardheaded cold man. It is simple to judge the character of Scrooge in this manner, but it is important to recognize the change in his personality throughout the story. Scrooge’s transformation happens very quickly, but he becomes generous and caring only when he is forced to see himself through a stranger’s eyes. By the visitations of three spirits, Scrooge realizes the harsh and ungenerous man that he is. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the pitiable child he was, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge as a neglected corpse. These two images have a significant impact on Scrooge and his development as a character as he reacts to these in a regretful manner.

Santa Claus is the one thing children believe in unfailingly. I mean, the exact gifts they want for Christmas always appear under the tree overnight, and for a child the only explanation is magic. But in today’s world of over parenting, the

It is thought that in about 280 CE, the man now known as Santa Claus was born. This man’s full name was St. Nicholas of Myra. There is close to no information on this man, but there is legends. No one knows whether they are true or not. A famous legend tells of a story, where St. Nicholas helped a poor father and his three daughters. The father did not afford to pay his children’s dowries, and was consequently forced to sell them into slavery. But before the father could sell his children into servitude, St. Nicholas came in the night, and provided the unfortunate father with money for his daughters.

But do we really know where he came from? Santa Claus is traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. St. Nicholas was born in 280 A.D.in Modern day Turkey. He was most known for his story of saving the 3 poor girls. He was very well known for giving to the sick and poor and having lots of kindness ("Santa Claus".) He moved to Myra and was elected bishop. There he gave anonymously because he didn't want to be praised for his help (Hauck, Allen.) When he died, they began to have a feast for the day of the dead(Dec. 6) it was also a lucky day to be married. He is known as the most popular saint ("Santa Claus".) So at that time people started to put him with the red and white outfit and helpers. He was told to have 8 traditional reindeer. In the spirit of Christmas it go's Jesus then Santa. When people think of Santa they think of generosity and love. Santa is a healthy part of the celebration, but a lot of people forget his origin, which is to help those in need (Hauck, Allen.) So we go from a person that mainly just kids believe in to one that a lot of people put their faith

Before Jesus transformed others He first changed Himself. Jesus’ birth was one great example of God’s overpowering love for us. Jesus was willing to humble Himself to the level of a human child, powerless and vulnerable. The Christmas story is the affirmation that Jesus was fully God and fully man. An individual capable of engaging with people and ultimately dying for them while at the same time remaining fully righteous.

Many names for the reindeer came up to May such as Rollo, Reginald, Rodney, and Romeo but he eventually choose Rudolph. Some even credit Barbara with the naming of Rudolph, claiming that that was the name she enjoyed the most. The original Rudolph lived an ordinary life with his parents in the woods, not in the North Pole. By the time Santa landed his sleigh at Rudolph’s home to deliver gifts, a fog started to roll in. After Santa finished delivering presents to all the little reindeer the fog had become dense making it impossible for Santa to take off so he asked Rudolph with his shiny red nose to lead his sleigh.

Santa Claus is an imaginary being, based off of the story of Saint Nicholas. Often we teach children myths, legends and fairytales to portray a theme to them on a level that they can understand, or sometimes we pretend something for fun, such as a doll being a child’s ‘baby’ but both we and the child know that the doll is fake and not a real baby. Despite this, I believe teaching kids that an old man drops down the chimney each year to give them gifts is wrong. Firstly, because it sets a precedent in the child-parent relation that some lies are OK, or even ‘good’, and this can have a bad effect on their understanding of honesty, parents should always be communicating truthfully to their child.

Claus but all the elves and reindeer run outside to try and help Santa off the ground from the fall. While they all try to help him, Webb says "Rudolph's nose blinks like a sad ambulance light," which compares the light of Rudolph's nose to the light from an ambulance. While transitioning from Santa's side of the poem, Webb moves to an 8 years old's perspective, who still believes in Santa but in lines 24-26, the young boy talks to his mother he tells her "stupid kids at school say Santa is a big fake." The mother is caring and loving and sits with him on their purple-flowered couch and takes his hand into her own; the boy's mother knows then that she would have to tell her son that what the other kids told him was true.