World Santa Traditions Across Nations
Santa Claus blends Clement Moore’s modern image with global roots. Dutch Sinterklaas inspired many names, while French Pere Noel and British Father Christmas share gift giving. Other cultures offer Kezisek, Baboushka, Kriss Kringle, La Befana, Julenisse, and Lan Khoong as local versions of the bringer of gifts.
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Christmas
Kezisek
Jesus
New
Russia
Frost
Santa
Baboushka
Germany
Christkindl
First American Christmas Cards Began in Boston in 1875
The article traces the origin of Christmas cards from their English start in 1843 to Louis Prang in Boston who launched American cards in 1875. It highlights Prang’s chromolithography process, his rise from immigrant to “Father of the American Christmas card,” and details of early card designs and embellishments.
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Boston
England
Sir Henry Cole
John Horsley
Louis Prang
America
Prang
Pather
D. E. Whitney
Europe
Bavaria
Christmas Traditions and Superstitions Across Nations
The excerpt notes varied customs including families placing shoes together for harmony, a Mary tradition in Ireland for snuffing candies on Christmas Eve, and beliefs in Nova Scotia that bad luck follows if the Christmas tree remains past New Year’s Day.
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Ireland
Mary
Nova Scotia
Prang’s Annual Card Design Prize Competition
Prang held a yearly contest to ensure access to top card designs with prizes totaling 3000 dollars. In the 1880s people paid up to one dollar for a deluxe Prang card, which often bore on its back a stamp indicating it had won a prize.
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Prang
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Clement Moore
Saint Nicholas
Moore
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Myra
Holland
Nickolas
Saint Nickolous
Santa Kalount
Pere Noe
France
Pere Noel
Merry Christmas
Delhi - Taylor
Mayfair Refinery
Delhi-Taylor Oil Corp
Port Isabel, Texas
N.Y
United States
Rust Craft Greeting Card Company
Spain
Italy
la Befona
Port Isabel Motors
MAXAN
Soe
THE
Port Isabel
Garcia ST
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