Christmas Advent CalendarsChristmas Advent Calendar of SantaThe Christmas advent calendar (above) shows Santa preparing for his Herculean task of delivering presents on Christmas Eve. Firstly, he checks his trusty reindeer to see if they are still fit enough to do their job of carrying his stock of presents all over the world. Santa then sets to work on his computer. Over the year, his special hearing has picked up on people's thoughts, in addition he receives sackfuls of DEAR SANTA letters from children. Early in January - yes January, he starts making a note of presents to select for every house. This is much earlier than we imagine. It takes a lot of time to get everything ready for the special day that celebrates the birth of Jesus. Some of the work he does on his computer will include ordering Xmas gifts from special places. Santa has such a big workload that sometimes he asks certain parents to help him. He contacts them secretly by email or sends one of his elf messengers to have a chat with the parents, who then spend hours queuing up at special toy stores, just to oblige this kind old man. This is especially useful when he has to get large awkward gifts such as bikes or if he runs out of stock in the North Pole. Then Santa gets parents to collect the presents and send them on to him so he can be sure it is exactly what their child wants. After that Santa has to tick off all his lists and cross check that he has all the names correctly matched to gifts that pass him on the conveyor belt. Otherwise there would be many disappointed children and adults on Christmas morning. He also likes to see that the presents are wrapped up with nice wrapping paper and ticks every single gift off on his list on the Santa clipboard. He is always fretting about his reindeers so he makes sure the elves keep a watchful eye on them too and that the reindeer get plenty of nice carrots and apples to eat. Next Santa gives them a test run in the sleigh to see they are up to the special lightening speed delivery technique required on Xmas Eve. As he goes past the North Pole he waves to some snowmen and notices two snow people that are kissing. He thinks winter must be coming to see such sturdy snowmen and he knows they are very happy too because Xmas is coming. Once Xmas Eve arrives, Santa begins his busiest day of the year. He sits in his deluxe Santa sleigh and sets off to deliver every gift to every child everywhere. He gets annoyed at how thoughtless some people can be leaving their fires burning as the smoke gets in his eyes. Sometimes chimneys are so small he gets stuck or he can't get his bottomless sack in as well as he would like. The number of mince pies he has eaten in the past year can also create a problem when his waistline just seems too large for some of the smaller chimney pots; so he has to make special arrangements at some houses and slip in by a door or window. Once in a house, Santa reaches into his bottomless Santa sack and finds gifts for everyone. He puts them around the tree or fills up the stockings hanging on the fireplace. Wherever he goes families leave mince pies for him and he always tucks into them everywhere. Before he leaves Santa wishes everyone the Season's Greetings and sometimes he can be seen kissing Mummy underneath the Xmas Tree. Then Santa waves goodbye and often catches up with his elves and reindeers by using the special Xmas train. What a jolly fellow Santa is - he can come back anytime! Of course he will next year too. ~ Christmas and Santa ClausWhen we consider Christmas there are four stages in life:- Other Names for SantaThe name Santa Claus probably originated in America way back in the 1820s. However other names are even older, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Pere Noel, Papa Noel and Kris Kringle. The latter is derived from the German Christkindl (Christ Child). The ReindeerSanta's reindeer who pull the sleigh are: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (Dunder) and Blitzen (Blixhem). There is also Rudolph, the red nose reindeer, who frequently steals the limelight of Christmas verses. Christmas DatesAdvent begins on the Sunday nearest to 30th November. The word advent means coming and of course refers to Jesus' birth on 25th December. Epiphany on 6th of January marks the end of the Christmas season, and this date is sometimes referred to as 12th Night. See our other online Christmas calendar Page by Pauline Weston Thomas added 27 October 2005. See Topics Below for More Ideas on Christmas Traditions, Customs, and Recipes*
About Fashion-Era.comFashion-Era.com looks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values. Homelife and politics also
contribute to lifestyle trends, which in turn influence the clothes we wear. These are the changes that make any era of society special in relation to the study of the costume of a period. Fashion-Era.com can take no responsibility for any information on the site which may cause you error, loss or costs incurred from use of the information and links either directly or indirectly. This site is owned, designed, written and developed by Pauline Weston Thomas and Guy Thomas. This site is designed to be viewed in 1024 X 768 or higher. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Fashion-era.com reserves the right to add or delete information, graphics and links. Copyright © 2001-2008 on all content, text and images in Fashion-Era.com. Images and text in this website may not be used on other websites. Before you write to me for costume/fashion help or information please, please consult the extensive sitemap which lists all our pages. If you still cannot find the answer after searching the site, then before you email me, please consider if you are prepared to make a donation to the website. Donations If you have any comments, or if you see any broken links, then please email with details of the page url or problem |
|
