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O ye Three Magi from afar Led to lesus by a star, Behold Him Who is Regent ot The earth and all the heavens above. Adore Him Who is King ot Kings, Almighty Master ot all things. -LESLIE SCHNIERER, '49
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ng ay on Mfanf... by LAWRENCE COX, '48 tlHis eyes-how they twinlcled! His dimples, how merry, His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry, His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as snow. On the night of December 23, l822, Clem- ent Clarke Moore, a New York professor of Divinity, wrote his immortal The Night Before Christmas. How well this poem de- scribes the character we know as Santa Claus, but who throughout the world is known by a different name in every country, Nevertheless the individual Santa Claus of every nation has but one predecessor, Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra in Lycia. Saint Nicholas was the youngest bishop in the history of the Catholic Church. After his death and canonization, December Sth was designated as his feast day. ln Asia Minor and Southeastern Europe, his feast was celebrated by the election of a boy bishop who paraded through the streets and sometimes took possession of the churches. From December Sth until the feast of the Holy lnnocents, there was much feasting on the part of the children but in general there was an atmosphere of solemnity. However Nicholas still remained the childrens saint. ln Holland and Belgium his feast is cele- brated with local variations. He rides a white donkey and is fully clad in red and white episcopal robes. lf the children have been good, their wooden shoes are filled with gifts, but if they have been bad, a bundle of switches is left in admonition. Protestantism frowned on the honoring of saints, but custom prevailed and St. Nicholas became assimilated in church festivities. Our Dutch ancestors brought their custom from Holland to New Amsterdam where the lonely English colonists borrowed the leg- end and festivities surrounding the feast of St. Nicholas to brighten the cold and bitter nights of barren New England. Confusion or lack of information found the colonists celebrating the Saint's feast toward the latter part of December instead of on the sixth. lust how Saint Nicholas became as- sociated with Christmas is probably due to his imitation of Gods generosity to man at that particular season of the year. The jovial saint is known only in America as Santa Claus. ln early New England, ex- cited children repeated the Dutch words San Nicholaas very fast, and hence the name became Santa Claus. However, the saint did not acquire his reindeer until he came to America. The belief must have come from Norway where the reindeer is comparable to our dog. And it wasn't until 1822 that the animals received their present names from Dr. Moore. Instead of going directly from the Eu- ropean mainland to England where he is known as Father Christmas , Santa Claus went via the American colonies. English children picture Santa Claus as a small fat gentleman, dressed in average British clothes, who toddles down the street on Christmas eve leaving gifts for the children to find the next morning. Probably no other saint enjoys so wide a field of popularity as Saint Nick. And no other country has welcomed him more than America, where children agog with wild an- ticipation eagerly await the annual arrival of their beloved idol, who for them, makes Christmas what it is.
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