Santa Claus Fat or Fatless a Cultural Hero
A nostalgic survey traces Santa from gaunt medieval depictions to the modern jolly figure. It notes St Nicholas origins, Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore influences, and Thomas Nast’s 1860s visual shaping of Santa in a workshop with toys, a list, stockings, and a tree.
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Santa Claus
Clyde Lee
Santa
St Nicholas
St. Nicholas
Harper & Row
N.Y
Martin Ebon
Washington Irving
New York
Irving
Ebon
Moore
San Nicholas
Clement Moore
Thomas Nast
Nast
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Uncle Sam
Harper's Weekly
South County profile of Mrs. Borca’s wartime flight to America
In a vivid reminiscence Mrs. Aloisa Borca recalls escaping hunger and war from Budapest in 1944, fleeing with her two daughters as Russian advances loomed. She details a perilous trek through Austria and Germany to arrive in New York on Christmas Eve 1949, later settling in Indiana and California. Her memories span a luxury Hungarian upbringing, Communist-era fears, near operatic and film ambitions, and a wish to document their family story for future generations.
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Aloisa
Borca
New York
Maria
Eva
Budapest
Austria
Grunden
Iris
France
Mie Borca
Bregenz
America
Borea
South America
Bremenhaven
United States
Florida
West Virginia
Sonoi
California
Thomas Hickey
Castro Valley
Hungary
Yugoslavia
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Ray Orrock
Nicholas
Clement Clark Moore
St. Nick
Lim
Robert Redford
South
Vienna
Paris
London
Hollywood
Baro
Aloisa Borca
Baro T
Castro Vallay
Weng Carter
Ace Line
Fremont
San Beandro
Washington Ave
Souler
Iter
Mission Blvd
Fest Street
Livermore
THE
Singer Company
Bruunswicek
Shiv
Westport
Cascade Pool
PeeRelet Crea Etl
Spat