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[San Diego Union-Tribune Travel] Santa Claus a popular figure over the years | The San Diego Union ...: But by the 1880s, the popular Santa was pictured as a chubby man in a red suit. It was in the 1930s that the familiar Santa Claus was featured drinking Coca-Cola in ads.

[ABlogAboutHistory.com] The world's oldest Santa Claus figurine | ABlogAboutHistory.com: According to a report in Discovery News, the 2.5 inches tall object, known as the “Blue Santa”, was made circa 1884 by The American Marble and Toy Manufacturing Company.

[Crazy for My Collectibles] Collecting Santa Claus Figures - Which Santa to Collect? | Crazy ...: Nicholas, Father Christmas, Father Frost, Kris Kringle, Pere Noel, Ded Moroz, and Santa Claus to name a few. He may have many different names but he is globally known and loved by all young, and old alike.

[NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News] Your Kid's Brain On Santa Claus - Shots - Health News Blog : NPR: Maybe it's because we're surrounded by bah-humbuggers, but Woolley's work got us wondering how long kids believe in the Grinch? She didn't miss a beat, answering, "the Grinch is different." He's only introduced in a fictional context, plus he's a negative fantastical being, like a witch or a monster, which kids are less likely to believe in anyway.

[Room for Debate] The Truth About Santa - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com: Children may seem confused about the distinction because they are such vivid, emotional pretenders. But psychologists have discovered that children know that pretending and imagining are different from reality ”” that you can’t write with a pretend pencil or eat an imaginary hot-dog and that no one else can see the fairies and monsters.

[24hGold.com RSS Feed - 24hGold Editorials and commentaries] The Fallacy of Belief or Yes Virginia, There Is No Santa Claus by ...: My rebellion against belief started at age five when I was eavesdropping from the bedroom hallway into the living room and overheard my mother tell her friend about hiding the candy that the “Easter Bunny” had brought for my brother and me.

[Suite101: Tennessee Travel Articles] Inn at Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge: Smoky Mountain Inn ...: Featuring the mountain-village architecture of the European Alps, the inn offers luxurious Old World charm including copper crowned turrets, a stone terraced courtyard, two large ponds with natural stone waterfalls and landscaped gardens. The exterior and grounds of the inn are illuminated year round, dusk to dawn with energy-effiicient LED lighting.

[Blogs] Santa Claus Myths | Psychology Today: One reason we care disproportionately about terrorism ”” and will not stand for our leaders talking to us in commonsensical ways about it ”” is that the human mind is designed to be disproportionately vigilant to threats that are novel and unpredictable. (This is why we see hype and hysteria over Swine Flu, even when the garden-variety regular flu is liable to be much more dangerous.) Terrorism also involves figures who actively mean to do us harm, and we are disproportionately vigilant to threats that involve malevolent intent, even when threats that do not involve such intent are more dangerous.

[Steve van Dulken's Patent blog] Steve van Dulken's Patent blog: Shaking, movin', speaking Santa Claus: "HO-HO-HO Merry Christmas To All Girls and Boys", for six seconds, explains the patent. Movement within two metres activates it.

[Greek Names] Greek Name of Santa Claus is Agios Vassilis: The modern image of Santa Claus was created in 1881 by an American Artist, Thomas Nast, who created a caricature of Santa, mostly as we know it today. Later, in 1931, Coca Cola decided to use this figure and caricature and make Santa, or Father Christmas in the US, the most known and recognizable figure of the Christmas holidays.

[thehookandsling] thehookandsling » Blog Archive » James Brown - Santa Claus Is ...: Released in December 1970, this is a laid back ballad that sees The Godfather waxing lyrical on the virtues of taking care of your family at Christmas time, a message that sometimes seems to get lost amongst the hungry marketing campaigns of some of the big companies these days.

[Moodys Collectibles Vintage Postcards ~ Postcard News Blog] Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas Santa Claus Old Antique Vintage ...: Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas Santa Claus Old Antique Vintage Postcards. Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to each and every one of you and thank you for your support.

[Art21 Blog] Paul McCarthy | Animatronic Designer Jon Dawe | Art21 Blog: Whether conflating real-world political figures with fantastical characters such as Santa Claus, or treating erotic and abject content with frivolity and charm, McCarthy’s work confuses codes, mixes high and low culture, and provokes an analysis of fundamental beliefs.

[Cranach: The Blog of Veith] What St. Nicholas (a.k.a. “Santa Claus”) actually looked like ...: OK, he lacks the ruddy complexion, but Myra is in present-day Turkey and St. Nicholas was a Middle Easterner.

[jared mobarak's film reviews blog] Santa Claus will punish you! ”¦ Silent Night, Deadly Night « jared ...: Don’t worry, though, that feeling of sadness soon goes away when his grip on realty breaks for good, turning him into a sociopath version of the fictional legend, going around town killing all the bad girls and boys. All it took was putting him in a Santa suit””the kid has been physically afraid of this character for over a decade, so that was a great idea””and witnessing a rape like that of his mother to make sanity wave goodbye.

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