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Santa Clause (St. Nicholas)- History & Facts Today we think Santa Claus as a noble toy distributor who comes in a sleigh led by eight flying reindeer, on Christmas Eve. Actually it is based on a real man, his name was St. Nicholas. He was the Bishop of Myra, a town in Turkey. In 3rd century, he became famous as an anonymous gift giver as he would provide dowry to poor girls on their marriage and hand out gifts to kids. It is believed that he would leave these in their shoes at the night-time; which were kept outside of home as part of old traditions In Netherlands, few of the people kept this tradition alive for many centuries, but the name of the bishop who went house to house to give treats to children changed to Sinterklaas. For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

Santa Clause (St. Nicholas)- History & Facts In 1773, this name changed to Santa Claus from a story published in a New York City newspaper .Few other aspects; like characterizing Santa as a portly, bearded man & coming down the chimney; got added to this slowly developing tradition by a book named A History Of New York,written by Washington Irving in 1809. Similarly a poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas (commonly known as ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’) written by Clement Moore in 1822 popularized the sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. The modern image of Santa Claus, which we see in every mall, actually appeared in Coca-Cola advertisements in 1931. For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

Santa Clause (St. Nicholas)- History & Facts This image was created by an artist named Haddon Sundblom. Santa first appeared in a department store in 1890. A businessman James Edgar came with an idea of keeping a person; in Santa costume ; outside the store to attract children to his store . For free Science videos for kids .......visit www.makemegenius.com

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