Much Family Fun In Group Games
Recreation specialist E H Regnier at the University of Illinois suggests Santa include hobby supplies for family group activities. He notes jewelry making, tapestry weaving, model making, printing presses, shellcraft, woodburning, and simple games like rubber tipped darts as ways to build parent child companionship beyond Christmas.
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E. H. Regnier
University of Ilinois
Dad
Junior
Regnier
Christmas date origins and early observances
A compact historical note outlines early Christmas origins in Rome and Britain, citing the Parlocation Calendar, baptism associations, and St. Augustine. It mentions a 12 day festival from Christmas to Epiphany decreed by the Council of Tours and later medieval laws ending feuds at Christmas. Communities in Germany and Norway adopted December 25 in different years.
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Britain
St. Augustine
Council of Tours
Germany
Norway
Danta Pictured By Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast, famed cartoonist who gave America its Santa Claus likeness, first sketched Santa in 1873. His early Santa appeared as a pipe smoking, chubby roguish figure in a night shirt with fur trim, evolving into the tall bearded red suited version later associated with Christmas festivities.
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Thomas. Nast
Uncle Sam
America
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