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Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man—sometimes with spectacles—wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and carries a bag full of gifts for children. Images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.
According to a tradition which can be traced to the 1820s, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, with a large number of magical elves, and nine (originally eight) flying reindeer. Since the 20th century, in an idea popularized by the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Santa Claus has been believed to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and to deliver presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh.
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“First saw Ole Santa Claus way back in the early 50's as a carton. Man I fell in love with that Jolly Ole Soul. Still remember the first Christmass tre”
“First saw Ole Santa Claus way back in the early 50's as a carton. Man I fell in love with that Jolly Ole Soul. Still remember the first Christmass tre”
“First saw Ole Santa Claus way back in the early 50's as a carton. Man I fell in love with that Jolly Ole Soul. Still remember the first Christmass tree, we made strings of popcorn and paper chains. Older sis made some other stuff, but Ole Saint Nicholas was the savoir of our cold winter days. He helped my widowed mother take care of us 6 little children through the cold season. That is the most wonderful time of the year. Gifts galore, Why! one year Santa's sleigh was so over loaded he only brought me and my 3 brothers a pair of socks each and one football to share between us all. Thanks Santa love Ya, see ya soon.” read more