December 2014

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December 2014

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September 2014
September 2014
BACK TO SCHOOL!
Drivers slow down in school zones,
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North Glenmore Park News
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Looking for Fun Activities in December?
(from the TravelAlberta.com website)
Heritage Day
August 4, 2014
Zoolights
Location: Calgary - November 28/14 to January 03/15
Join us for Calgary’s favourite Holiday Tradition – Zoolights. Head down to the
Calgary Zoo with your kids, family and friends to see over 1.5 million lights twisting around trees, and tracing animal and dinosaur shapes. Along the way, stop
to warm up by the fire pits and have some fun in the Kids Zone. Dress warmly.
We’ll make the hot chocolate.
Christmas at Spruce Meadows
Location: Calgary - December 05/14 to January 05/15
Running throughout the Holiday Season, Spruce Meadows invites your entire
family - together with your Christmas guests - to enjoy the Christmas Lights at
Spruce Meadows. Each evening between 5-10 pm - Scotiabank, Bennett Jones,
AKITA Drilling and ATCO Group present Christmas Season magic with a
quarter of a million lights, blanketing Spruce Meadows from west to east. The
2 kilometer drive through the grounds includes Tournament Lane, The Courtyard, Traffic Circle, the Nations Flag Park, Congress Hall, Riders Chapel and
the Pond with strings of lights measuring 72 kilometers. Outdoor skating and
curling on our pond is also available daily. Admission is free.
Light-Up Black Diamond
Location: Black Diamond - December 06/14
Ho Ho Ho, mark you calendar now! Join the Black Diamond businesses and
Town of Black Diamond as we celebrate in anticipation of Christmas. So
many things to do: visit the local business that will be offering something special for you that evening, enjoy a complimentary picture on Santa’s knee, ride
around town on a horse-drawn wagon, pet the live reindeer, or go on a candy
cane counting treasure hunt. Come get diamondized and make sure you rub
the world’s largest black diamond For luck before you leave.
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NEWSLETTER DELIVERY by Canada Post
Inside this Issue...
* Southwest Communities Resource Centre, p. 5
* Holistic Health & Nutrition: December – Delicious
Mugs of Goodness, p. 7
* Calgary Reads: The Joy of Reading, p. 7
* 12 Things to do this Holiday Season in Calgary, p. 9
* Santa, p. 10-11
* Mystery Christmas Carol Word Search, p. 13
* Classified Ads, p. 14
* From the City of Calgary, p. 14
* Strides Run Streak - Streaking in December, p. 15
* Recipe: Awesome Tangerine Glazed Turkey, p. 15
* From the City of Calgary: Public-Inspired Concept for
New Cemetery, p. 16
*Once Upon a Christmas at Heritage Park, p. 16
* December News from the Calhoun Library, p. 17
* Looking for Fun Activities in December?, p. 18
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Snowflakes and Stories
Join us for stories, rhymes and songs celebrating winter!
Ages 2 to 5 with a parent/caregiver
Wednesday, Dec. 3
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
No registration required
eBook Doctor
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with your ebook and e-reader questions.
Wednesday, Dec. 10
1:30 - 3 p.m.
Parent-Child Mother Goose
Enjoy a relaxing and fun hour of songs, rhymes and a story
with your baby.
Ages up to 12 months with a parent/caregiver
Mondays, Jan. 19 to Mar. 16
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Spanish Conversation Club – Spanish
Join volunteer coaches and practice Spanish speaking
and listening skills through conversational exercises. This
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skills. Taught in Spanish. Ages 16 and up
Wednesdays, Jan. 21 to Feb. 25
7 - 8:30 p.m.
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Digital Content at the Calgary Public Library
Use your Calgary Public Library card to access movies,
television shows, eBooks, and magazines. Digital content
such as music, movies and TV shows can be borrowed
or streamed using Hoopla or Freegal. OverDrive and 3M
can be used to borrow e-books as well as e-audio books,
and Zinio allows you to borrow and read magazines on a
computer or tablet. Go to calgarypubliblibrary.com and
click on the Featured Digital Content quick link.
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Mondays, Jan. 19, Feb. 9, Mar. 16, & Apr. 20
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ESL Conversation Club (Intermediate)
Practice your English listening and speaking skills in this
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From the City of Calgary
Once Upon A Christmas at Heritage Park
PUBLIC-INSPIRED CONCEPT FOR NEW CEMETERY
Since May, we have been working with citizens to come
up with a final concept for a new City cemetery situated
to the east of Ralph Klein Park in Calgary's southeast. After
months of listening and working together, the preferred
final concept is now ready to be shared.
Final concept developed with your help. Thank you! “The
input we received from citizens really helped inform and
inspire a final concept for the new cemetery,” says Gary
Daudlin, Cemeteries superintendant, Parks. “For instance,
people asked us to consider including spaces that build off
and enhance the prairie landscape of the new cemetery’s
location, while also maximizing the mountain views."
Views of both prairie and mountains
"So, we added linear shelter belts and native plant species
to the design, as well as selected key locations for future
buildings to focus attention on the breathtaking views of
the mountains.”
The final concept also incorporates public feedback on
accessibility by featuring a looped road and a north/south
vehicle access route to facilitate traffic flow, ceremonial
events and pedestrian circulation.
Some details still being worked
Wherever possible, we incorporated the desires and
addressed the concerns people expressed through public
engagement. But, a concept is exactly that, a concept.
Some suggestions on where to put specific burial sections
or arrangements of space are still being worked out.
“Feedback like this will help us develop a more detailed
design for the new cemetery and the construction
specifications,” says Daudlin.
Expected to open in 2016
Work on the detailed design will occur over the winter with
construction planned to go out for tender spring 2015.
The new cemetery is expected to open in 2016 and will
be the first new cemetery to be built by The City since
1940, when Queen’s Park Cemetery opened in Calgary’s
northwest.
More on the new cemetery, the engagement process and
the feedback received.
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Weekends from November 22 through to December 21,
2014 - 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Take a step back into true holiday enchantment by going for
a wagon ride, singing carols or visiting jolly old Saint Nick
himself. Experience the magic of Christmas past as four of
our historical family homes open their doors to share their
Yuletide traditions, including the new Famous 5 Centre of
Canadian Women.
Take part in some of our special holiday activities including:
Gingerbread Cookie Decorating
Snow Painting (weather dependant)
Santa's Christmas Critters Petting Zoo
Christmas Train Display
Live Theatre
Children's Crafts
Christmas Shopping - including a 'Kids Only' store
Wagon Rides (weather dependant)
Christmas Carols
Vintage photo parlour
Regular Gate Admission:
General (15+) - $8.50 +gst
Senior (65+) - $7.50 +gst
Youth (7 -14) - $6.50 +gst
Child (3 - 6) - $5.50 +gst
Combined Gate & Museum Rate:
General (15+) - $12.25 +gst
Senior (65+) - $10.15 +gst
Youth (7 -14) - $8.35 +gst
Child (3 - 6) - $7.00 +gst
Tickets are available at the Park each day of the event. 50%
off gate admission coupons available at local First Calgary
Financial and Canada Safeway locations.
Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift? Stop by the shops in the
Haskayne Mercantile Block. The Corner Emporium, Plaza
Mercantile, Antiques and Collectables, Switzer's Grocery
& Confectionery and our new Toy Shoppe will be full of
unique holiday treasures!
You can also enjoy our popular Once Upon A Christmas
Breakfast Buffet. Tickets to the buffet are sold in advance
and will sell out, so purchase yours early to avoid
disappointment.
Drop off donations of new, unwrapped toys and clothing
for the Salvation Army's Christmas Hope Campaign at
Heritage Park.
SouthWest Communities Resource Centre
Parent Talk – Register Now
Thursday mornings, January 22 – April 9 2015 at the
SWCRC. Free child-minding, coffee and snacks. Parenting
tip sheets and children’s books to take home.
ALL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE
This free program is open to all parents of babies and
young children.
• Enjoy the company and support of other parents
• Give your children some supervised play time
• Get your parenting questions answered with the help
of a trained facilitator from the Further Education Society
• Help your young children learn and develop their
potential
Located in the Professional Wing of
the Oakridge Co-Op Mall
#42 2580 Southland Drive SW T2V 4J8
Phone: 403-238-9222 Email: [email protected]
www.swcrc.ca
NEIGHBOURS HELPING NEIGHBOURS
Some of the families in our communities are struggling
financially and need baby and personal hygiene items.
Our cupboard is pretty bare. Please help your neighbor by
bringing some of these items to our office for distribution:
• Newborn and sizes 1 – 5 diapers and pull-ups; diaper
rash cream; formula; baby shampoo
• Shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental
floss, bar soap (recommend Dove), deodorant, men’s
shaving cream, men’s and women’s disposable razors,
feminine hygiene products
You can register and start the program anytime over the
12 weeks of the session. Attend as many weeks as you
can. To register, call the SWCRC at 403-238-9222.
Connecting you to the Resources you Need
You live in one of the 28 communities served by the
SWCRC. If you are in need of information or resources,
or if you are facing a challenging situation of any kind and
you aren’t sure how to move forward, please call us at
403-238-9222 to make an appointment with one of our
Community Resource Workers.
Our two Community Resource Workers are social workers
who will:
• sit down and talk with you for an extended period of
time
• provide supportive counselling
• help you assess your situation
• identify the strengths and resources you already have
• provide information about, and referrals to, other
available resources, programs and services
• advocate for you and help you advocate for yourself
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Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm OR 1:00 pm – 3:00
pm at the SWCRC
Looking for free classes to brush up on your computer
skills? We have a friendly and experienced computer
tutor who teaches basic computer skills to seniors and
any others who need help and live in our service area.
To register, call Lori, our Volunteer Specialist, at 238-9222
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CROSSWORD
Strides Run Streak - Streaking in
December - by Bryon Howard
Woot Woot! Just a few more weeks until the Annual
Strides Streak! It’s that time of year … where the dark
comes early and the morning light comes late. How do
we stay motivated to be active? STRIDES STREAK can be
the answer.
Three years ago early in December I heard about an event
called Strides Running Streak. It is put on by one of our
Marda Loop Running Stores each December as a way of
encouraging runners to stay active over the busy Holiday
Season. It’s pretty simple and actually involves keeping
your clothes on. The idea is to burn off Holiday calories
and fight the winter blues by running at least 1 mile per
day (or longer), every day in December.
Last year, I signed up for the challenge and did manage to
run at least 1 mile for everyday in December. Last year we
had more snow in December than we have had in more
than 100 years!
Most of the runs were on my own around the streets and
paths of Altadore, River Park, North Glenmore and the
Reservoir. (All my runs were outside.) A few runs were
with other active ‘Streakers’ which was a lot of fun. While
not required, “Streakers” shared photo’s and experiences
while doing the run on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
with the hashtag #StridesRunStreak. This helped to
motivate each other.
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Awesome Tangerine-Glazed Turkey
by: Stacy M. Polcyn
INGREDIENTS
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, divided
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1 1/2 cups tangerine juice
• 1 (10 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets reserved
• 2 1/4 cups sausage stuffing
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 1/4 cups turkey stock
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
DIRECTIONS
1.Melt 6 tablespoons butter with canola oil and tangerine
juice in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from
heat, and allow to cool about 5 minutes. Soak a piece of
cheesecloth large enough to drape over the turkey in the
mixture.
2.Preheat oven to 425 degrees F ( 220 degrees C).Clean
turkey, and season body cavity with salt and pepper.
Loosely pack the neck cavity and body cavity with stuffing.
Tie drumsticks together, spread 6 tablespoons butter over
the turkey, and season with salt and pepper. Place turkey
in a shallow roasting pan.
3.Roast turkey for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, and
then arrange soaked cheesecloth over turkey. Reduce oven
temperature to 325 degrees F (110 degrees C). Continue
roasting 1 hour. Leaving the cheesecloth draped over the
turkey, baste with the tangerine juice mixture. Continue
roasting about 2 hours, basting occasionally, until the
internal temperature of the thickest part of the thigh
reaches 180 degrees F (80 degrees C) and the stuffing
inside the body cavity reaches 165 degrees F (70 degrees
C). Discard cheesecloth, and place turkey on a serving
platter. Allow turkey to cool about 25 minutes before
carving.
4.Skim fat from pan juices, and reserve 1/4 cup fat and
skimmed pan juices. In the baking pan, mix pan juices with
1 cup turkey stock; cook over high heat, stirring to scrape
the bottom of the pan.
5.In a saucepan over low heat, whisk together reserved
1/4 cup fat and flour until thickened, about 3 minutes. Stir
in pan juices and remaining turkey stock, and add neck
and giblets. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until
giblets are cooked through. Strain through a sieve, and
serve with the turkey and stuffing.
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December is often a busy month where we have lots of
errands to do but it is also a great month to spend quality
time with your family and friends. The City of Calgary
Recreation believes family time is the best gift ever. For
that reason, we’ve expanded our family programming so you and your kids can spend time being active and
creative together.
This month, our art centres are offering holiday themed
family programs such as; ‘Festive Tales for Two’ or
’Winter Village’ where your family can create your very
own custom clay hamlet. Perhaps your family is ready
to try something new? Register for Aikido – a family
introductory, Capoeira- for Everyone or visit one of
Calgary’s parks for a winter picnic or better yet - an
ice-skate-a-thon! There are many fun activities to do as
a family, ways to stay active and celebrate the holiday
season.
On Dec 31, The City of Calgary invites all Calgarians to
our free, fun filled New Year’s Eve Family Dance Party.
There will be an array of indoor and outdoor family
friendly activities at the Municipal Building (City Hall) and
of course, ice skating at Olympic Plaza. Activities include
dancing, games, crafts, living statues, ice sculptures, fire
dancers.
This year give your family the gift of recreation. The City
of Calgary Recreation offers drop-in fitness opportunities,
registered programs and plenty of events and festivals all
year long. From swimming and skating, public art and day
camps, Recreation is more than you think!
Visit Calgary.ca/Recreation and Calgary.ca/nye for more
information.
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Holistic Health and Nutrition
by Dana Lee Hansen, PhD (Pharm),
Registered Holistic Nutritionist
THE JOY OF READING
One of the most under-appreciated joys of the holiday
season is having enough unscheduled time to curl up and
really lose yourself in a good book. Even better if you can
do so in your pyjamas at 2:00 in the afternoon!
But, how many families actually take the time to indulge
in this luxurious – and truly meaningful and rewarding
– activity? Far too often we get caught up in the holiday
juggernaut and find ourselves bustling from one social
engagement or shopping expedition to the next. Instead
of returning refreshed and rejuvenated to the real world
in January, we are often burned-out, broke, and in need
of a holiday just to recover from the holiday we just had.
This year, why not change this? Why not schedule a
Reading Day into your family break? Let everyone in the
family stay in their pyjamas for the day. Pile blankets and
pillows onto the couch and easy chairs and let everyone
create their own reading fort, complete with to-be-read
book piles. Put out a plate of festive goodies and make
hot chocolate together. This would be a great time to
crack open the covers of any books that were under
the tree this year. Or plan ahead, and make a trip to the
library the day before to stock up on enough books to
keep everyone reading all day long.
There are great benefits to our own personal reading . .
. and to reading aloud to children. It’s also relaxing, fun
and you may just start a new family holiday tradition.
For great children’s book lists by age, literacy-building
resources, read aloud tips, videos, games and more
visit: calgaryreads.com
DECEMBER 2014 - DELICIOUS MUGS OF GOODNESS
Winter is the perfect time to snuggle up with a warm drink.
For something different than the usual cup of tea, try the
recipes below:
Hot Chocolate with a Kick
6 cups skim milk or non-dairy alternative such as soy,
almond or coconut milk
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tbsp coconut palm sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp chili powder (more if you like it extra spicy!)
50 g dark chocolate bar (optional)
Heat the milk over medium heat until warm, stirring
frequently. Add the cocoa, sugar, cinnamon and chili and
stir until dissolved. Using a grater, grate the chocolate to
make shavings. Top with shavings just before serving.
Spiced Warm Apple Cider
6 cups apple cider
1 inch ginger root, peeled and sliced thinly
Peel from 1-2 organic oranges (conventionally farmed
oranges may have pesticide residues in the peel)
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp whole cloves
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
Put all ingredients in a large pot and warm over mediumlow heat. Once warmed, reduce heat to low and continue
to warm for an additional 10-15 minutes, to allow the
flavours to infuse. This recipe is also suited to preparation
in a slow cooker.
This will be Dana’s last article for us in our newsletters.
Thank you, Dana, for providing everyone with your
knowledge and help. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
and all the best in the future.
To learn more about Dana and her consulting services, go
to www.danaleehansen.com.
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12 Things to Do This Holiday Season in
Calgary - written by Ellen Percival
Merry Christmas
and Happy
Holidays to you
from all the staff
at Accurate
Reprographics
Bundle up the kids and head on out to create some
wonderful holiday memories. From winter picnics... to the
beautiful music of the season and everything in between,
here are some of our favorite ideas to make this holiday
extra special for you and your family.
1. The City is All Aglow With Millions of Twinkling Lights
Zoolights at the Calgary Zoo to Jan. 7; 6 to 9pm - gates
close at 8:30pm (closed Christmas Day and excludes Zoo
Year's Eve); Every year, people of all ages head to the Calgary
Zoo to enjoy hot chocolate, fire pits, fun games and the
display of 1.5 million twinkling lights. The Zoo Lights are
open every day from 6pm to 9pm (gates close at 8:30pm),
finishing on Sunday, January 3 (excluding Christmas day and
New Year's Eve). Admission for adults is $10 and admission
for children is $7. (Admission includes parking.)
Lions' Festival of Lights - Confederation Park - 14 Street
- 24 Avenue NW; For many Calgary families, the annual
visit to the Lions' annual light display marks the beginning
of the Christmas Season. Located on the east side of the
Confederation Golf Course, you'll find thousands of glowing
lights displayed in beautiful Christmas themes. See Merry
Christmas written in 17 languages at the 25rd Annual Lions
Festival of Lights located at Confederation Park. The display
is illuminated daily from 7pm to Midnight until January 8.
This is a free event.
McDougall Centre - 455-6 Street SW; The Christmas Lights
on these beautifully kept grounds are a joy to behold.
Olympic Plaza 228 - 8 Avenue SE; Originally built for medal
presentations during the 1988 Winter Olympics, Olympic
Plaza is a great place to bring the family to enjoy a day of
skating. The rink is open to the public daily from 10am to
9pm until the middle of March, depending on the weather.
Grab your ice-skates and glide amongst the lights.
Downtown Calgary - Downtown Calgary lights up
beautifully, enjoy twinkling office towers and the decorated
lobbies of office buildings and hotels. Stephen Avenue Mall
glows from top to bottom.
2. Once Upon a Christmas At Heritage Park - Weekends
to December 19, 9am to 4pm. Take a horse-drawn wagon
ride, shop for unique gifts, make crafts, sing carols and visit
with Santa. For more information, contact 403-268-8500
or visit heritagepark.ca.
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3. Christmas with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Handel's Messiah - Friday, December 9, 2011 - 7:30pm
Saturday, December 10, 2011 - 7:30pm. Epcor Centre's
Jack Singer Concert Hall
A work for the ages and a holiday tradition, Handel’s
Messiah is simply sublime. Discover this masterpiece
anew with conductor Ivars Taurins’ vital interpretation, and
rejoice to the voices of the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus
and four remarkable soloists. Hallelujah!. Buy your tickets
online or phone the CPO Box Office at 403.571.0849.
4. 88.9 Shine FM and Calgary's Child Magazine Present
Winter Wonderland At Cardel Place! December 3, 12:30
to 4:30pm; Get out of the cold and come on down to
Cardel Place for some indoor wintry family fun! Just for
the kids, there'll be bouncy bounce houses; a chance to
meet Santa and his elves; snap a pic with Santa; take part
in the climbing wall candy cane challenge; dance and
gymnastics demonstrations; roaming mascots, magician
and clown; a craft station to unleash creativity or create
your own take-home musical instrument; interactive gym
and pool games; relay races; talented performers take the
stage; furry friend fun with interactive petting zoos; gaming
fun in the WiiT Zone and so much more! Free Starbucks
coffee for the first 200 parents through the doors! For full
details, visit shinefm.com.
5. Skiing: Getting the family together to go to the mountains
can be difficult to squeeze into a busy lifestyle of work
and school. Calgary's Canada Olympic Park (COP) is the
convenient and fun solution to that problem. Hills for all
skill levels and a half pipe are all located at 88 Canada
Olympic Road SW, just off of the TransCanada Highway.
COP is open Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm; Saturday,
Sunday and holidays 9am to 5pm. Snowboarding: Not a
skier? Take advantage of lessons at COP for individuals of
all ages and abilities. Take the initiative with private lessons
or family private lessons.
6. Winter Hikes: Some great areas that are suited for the
whole family include Heart Creek Trail just 45 minutes from
Calgary. It is an easy half-day hike on mainly flat ground,
which follows a creek. Also, Bow Valley Provincial Park
located less than an hour west of Calgary is a great way to
get moving and enjoy the outdoors.
For additional information, go to http://www.calgaryschild.
com/family-fun/787-12-things-to-do-this-holiday-seasonin-calgary
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Santa Claus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father
Christmas, Kris Kringle and simply “Santa”, is a figure
with legendary, historical and folkloric origins who, in
many Western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes
of the good children on 24 December, the night before
Christmas Day. However, in some European countries
children receive their presents on St. Nicholas’ Day, 6
December.
The modern figure of Santa Claus is derived from the
Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, whose name is a dialectal
pronunciation of Saint Nicholas, the historical Greek
bishop and gift-giver of Myra. During the Christianization
of Germanic Europe, this figure may have absorbed
elements of the god Odin, who was associated with the
Germanic pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild
Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky. Over time,
traits of this character and the British folklore character
Father Christmas merged to form the modern Santa Claus
known today.
Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, whitebearded man—sometimes with spectacles—wearing
a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red
trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who 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 the 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.
1881 illustration by
Thomas Nast who,
along with Clement
Clarke Moore’s poem
“A Visit from St. Nicholas”, helped to create
the modern image of
Santa Claus.
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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 flying reindeer who pull his sleigh. He
is commonly portrayed as living at the North Pole and
saying “ho ho ho” often.
Blixem came from the old Dutch words for thunder and
lightning, which were later changed to the more German
sounding Donner and Blitzen).
As the years passed, Santa Claus evolved in popular
culture into a large, heavyset person.
HISTORY
The story that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole may also
have been a Nast creation. A color collection of Nast’s
pictures, published in 1869, had a poem also titled “Santa
Claus and His Works” by George P. Webster, who wrote
that Santa Claus’s home was “near the North Pole, in the
ice and snow”. The tale had become well known by the
1870s.
Origins
Pre-modern representations of the gift-giver from church
history and folklore, notably St Nicholas and Sinterklaas,
merged with the English character Father Christmas to
create the character known to Americans and the rest of
the English-speaking world as Santa Claus.
“Is There a Santa Claus?” was the title of an editorial
appearing in the 21 September 1897 edition of The New
York Sun. The editorial, which included the famous reply
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”, has become an
indelible part of popular Christmas lore in the United
States and Canada.
In the English and later British colonies of North America,
and later in the United States, British and Dutch versions of
the gift-giver merged further. For example, in Washington
Irving’s History of New York (1809), Sinterklaas was
Americanized into “Santa Claus” (a name first used in the
American press in 1773) but lost his bishop’s apparel,
and was at first pictured as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor
with a pipe in a green winter coat. Irving’s book was a
lampoon of the Dutch culture of New York, and much of
this portrait is his joking invention.
L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,
a 1902 children’s book, further popularized Santa Claus.
19th Century
In 1821, the book A New-year’s present, to the little ones
from five to twelve was published in New York. It contained
Old Santeclaus, an anonymous poem describing an old
man on a reindeer sleigh, bringing presents to children.
Some modern ideas of Santa Claus seemingly became
canon after the anonymous publication of the poem “A
Visit From St. Nicholas” (better known today as “The
Night Before Christmas”) in the Troy, New York, Sentinel
on 23 December 1823; the poem was later attributed to
Clement Clarke Moore. Many of his modern attributes
are established in this poem, such as riding in a sleigh
that lands on the roof, entering through the chimney, and
having a bag full of toys. St. Nick is described as being
“chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf” with “a little
round belly”, that “shook when he laughed like a bowlful
of jelly”, in spite of which the “miniature sleigh” and “tiny
reindeer” still indicate that he is physically diminutive.
The reindeer were also named: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder and Blixem (Dunder and
The image of Santa Claus as a benevolent character
became reinforced with its association with charity
and philanthropy, particularly by organizations such as
the Salvation Army. Volunteers dressed as Santa Claus
typically became part of fundraising drives to aid needy
families at Christmas time.
Images of Santa Claus were further popularized through
Haddon Sundblom’s depiction of him for The CocaCola Company’s Christmas advertising in the 1930s.
The popularity of the image spawned urban legends that
Santa Claus was invented by The Coca-Cola Company
or that Santa wears red and white because they are the
colors used to promote the Coca-Cola brand.
In some images from the early 20th century, Santa was
depicted as personally making his toys by hand in a small
workshop like a craftsman. Eventually, the idea emerged
that he had numerous elves responsible for making the
toys, but the toys were still handmade by each individual
elf working in the traditional manner.
Other modern additions to the “story” of Santa include
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 9th and lead reindeer immortalized in a Gene Autry song, written by a
Montgomery Ward copywriter.
In the United States and Canada, children traditionally
leave Santa a glass of milk and a plate of cookies. Other
Christmas Eve Santa Claus rituals in the United States
include reading A Visit from St. Nicholas or other tale
about Santa Claus, watching a Santa or Christmasrelated animated program on television (such as the
aforementioned Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and
similar specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer, among many others), and the singing of Santa
Claus songs such as “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”,
“Here Comes Santa Claus”, and “Up on the House
Top”. Last minute rituals for children before going to bed
include aligning stockings at the mantelpiece or other
place where Santa cannot fail to see them, peeking up
the chimney (in homes with a fireplace), glancing out
a window and scanning the heavens for Santa’s sleigh,
and (in homes without a fireplace) unlocking an exterior
door so Santa can easily enter the house. Tags on gifts
for children are sometimes signed by their parents “From
Santa Claus” before the gifts are laid beneath the tree.
Santa Claus appears in the weeks before Christmas in
department stores or shopping malls, or at parties. The
practice of this has been credited to James Edgar, as he
started doing this in 1890 in his Brockton, Massachusetts
department store. He is played by an actor, usually
helped by other actors (often mall employees) dressed
as elves or other creatures of folklore associated with
Santa. Santa’s function is either to promote the store’s
image by distributing small gifts to children, or to provide
a seasonal experience to children by listening to their
wishlist while having them sit on his knee. Sometimes
a photograph of the child and Santa are taken. Having a
Santa set up to take pictures with children is a ritual that
dates back at least to 1918.
In Canada, malls operated by Oxford Properties
established a process by which autistic children could
visit Santa Claus at the mall without having to contend
with crowds. The malls open early to allow entry only
to families with autistic children, who have a private
visit with Santa Claus. In 2012, the Southcentre Mall in
Calgary was the first mall to offer this service. Writing
letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for
children for many years. In 2007, Canada Post replied to
letters in 26 languages. Canada Post has a special postal
code for letters to Santa Claus, and since 1982 over
13,000 Canadian postal workers have volunteered to
write responses. His address is: Santa Claus, North Pole,
Canada, H0H 0H0
[This article has been edited to fit into the available space.]
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