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How Santa Claus Became An American Christmas Trmlition
The tradition that Santa
Claus is the giver of Christ-
mas presents comes to us .
from a fourth century Ger-
man legend of St. Nicholas
(Santa Claus is a German
corruption of the • name) .
When St. Nicholas learned
of three young women who '
were unable to attract suit-
ors because their father was too poor to provide them
' with a dowry, he filled three
bags with gold one night
and threw them into the
'windows of the rooms of the
young women; Soon after,
they were all happily mar-
ried. Unexpected gifts were
thereafter attributed to.St.
Nicholas.
The myth 'that Santa
Claus descends the chimney
to fill the stockings comes
from the Norsemen. Their
legend tells us that at the
winter solstice the. goddess
HertbaAppeared In their
fireplaces and brought with
her happiness and good for- ,
tune. •
Dr. Clement Clarke lgoOre$
a PrOfessor In the General
-Theological Seminary in
New yotk, put the myth, in
the form of pOein; "The
Visit 'of , St. Nicholas;,' He
invented the. 'sleigh and the.
reindeer and his description
• of St. Nicholas was siiggeStm
ed by the appearance of
German man-of-all-work
in hiS employ. The sleigh
bells were suggested by the'
bells on the: bridle, of his
own horse. He wrote the
poem for his. children. in ' 1822. and read it to them on, •
QhriStmas Eve of that year.
This poem has become the
foundation' of our own rich
Ainerican tradition • aboiit
Santa Claus.
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