mig007blog: Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Santa Claus as we know him today first emerged when the Dutch settlers came to Manhattan on Christmas day 1624. In Holland, Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) wore a red robe while riding a white horse, and cared a bag of gifts to fill the children's stockings. Christmas Carnivals is here with Santa Claus origin.

The history of Santa Claus explores the past history of the world’s jolliest person. His task is to distribute gifts among Children on the Eve of Christmas. Some are of the belief that he is modeled after an actual Saint while others believe him to be an amalgamation of worldwide traditions. Santa Claus.

Assuming Santa Claus as a counterfeit to Jesus, our Savior might seem weird to many.
Very few of us have lent this a careful thought. Some are of the opinion that, Santa Claus was deliberately posed as a counterfeit to Jesus to malign him and lessen his influence or may be to erase his memories from the minds of posterity.

It is a well-devised plan, a conspiracy to relegate Jesus to the background. It is often presumed that, too many traits of Jesus matches with that of Santa. This can in no way be an accident. Some have gone to the extent of allying Santa with Satan cause Jesus’ end time prophecies went like this: - the hearts of the people would have become extremely cold to Him. "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold".

It has been alleged by many that, Santa symbolizes material pleasures. Children are told by their parents to remain good all year round in lieu of the material benefits, which they would be entitled to at the year-end. The eternal Savior nowhere features in the hot favorite list. Are we obsessed with Santa merely for the gifts he delivers at the year-end ? Every thing said and done, it would probably be a gross mistake on our parts to compare a fable or a legend with Jesus, our God. They have their respective domains to rule over. Many of us forget the simple facts that, true! We look forward to Christmas cause Santa would be there, but we would not have had a Christmas without Jesus either.

The favorite children’s icon Santa Claus has emerged after passing through various stages of history. There have been several opinions about the origin of this very dear friend, but can you guess how did we come to know how he looks.

The image of Santa as a jolly and friendly old man, with a small stature but a big heart, emerged through the writings and paintings of the artists during the 1800s. Clement Moore was the first to describe our Father Christmas as the chubby old man, with rosy cheeks, wearing a furry overcoat and hat. Robert Weir, the art teacher, was the first to paint the portrait of Santa Claus in 1837. He made Santa wear a short suit and a stocking hat as he puffs at his long clay pipe. Finally it was in 1863, that we get to see Santa more as a real person through the pictures drawn by Thomas Nast. Through his pictures of Santa’s world, for the first time we got a glimpse of the old man’s magical world. It portrayed him as making toys in his workshop in the North Pole, reading letters from children and making lists of the children for whom he has to take gifts this Christmas. In December 1867, the Godey’s magazine had imprinted a portrait of an old bearded man wearing a long suit. He had a staff in one hand, while with the other hand; he was shown to be holding a doll. However, it was in 1931, that Haddon Sundblom gave the final picture of the stout man with ruddy complexion.

So now you know all about the appearance of the portly bearded man through the various Santa Claus pictures as it has evolved over the years.

For more details on Jesus VS Santa log on to the site – here -

To All visitors of this blog, especially with the occasion of the feast of Christmas, I want to address an warm and honest, MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

My Christmas Present…

With the occasion of Christmas 2007 Feast I want offer to All visitors of this blog, as a Present from me, a Collection of Traditional English X-Mas Songs interpreted by various artists.

1. Jingle – click here -

2. Jingle bells – click here -

3. Merry little Christmas – click here -

4. Noel – click here -

5. Rudolf – click here -

6. Santa Claus is coming to town – click here -

7. Silent night – click here -

8. We wish you a Merry Christmas – click here -

9. White Christmas – click here -

10. Joy to the world – click here -

11. BONEY M. - When A Child Is Born – click here -

12. Oh Christmas Tree – click here -

13. BRYAN ADAMS - Xmas Time – click here -

14. BONEY M. - Jingle Bells – click here -

15. BRENDA LEE - Rockin Around The Xmas Tree – click here -

16. MAHALIA JACKSON - Silent Night – click here -

17. DOLLY PARTON & KENNY ROGERS – Happy Home With Bells On – click here -

18. BONEY M. - Marys Boy Child – click here -

19. GEORGE MICHAEL - Last Christmas – click here -

20. SHAKIN STEVENS - Merry Xmas – click here -

21. ROSE MARY LLONEY - Jingle Bells – click here -

22. Instrumental - The Christmas Song – click here -

23. BONEY M. - The Christmas – click here -

24. BONEY M. - Feliz Navidad– click here -

NOTE: All those songs aren’t published on this blog for commercial purposes, but to made known our traditions, those of the romanians, to All My blog visitors from Romania and foreing ones. I hope that owners of the copyright for those songs will agree and accept to be posted here only for the time of X-mas Holidays. As result I want to Thank them in advance !

To All visitors of this blog I wish to address, with the occasion of Holly Christmas Feast, an warm and honest: MERRY CHRISTMAS ! and an Happy Christmas Time !!!