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The Night before Christmas… A 1822 New York Poem
New York City is almost set for Christmas Eve. It’s also the Modern Secular Christmas celebration more than any other city in the world. And it’s really because of the efforts of two really gifted New Yorkers, “Clement Clarke Moore” and “Thomas Nast” who lived there in the 1800s. Clement Clarke Moore a New York […]
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Santa Claus – The Reindeer Sleigh Rider of Sky
Today many people think of Santa Clause as a “Jolly Old Elf” who brings gifts to children on Christmas Eve but He wasn’t always such a Merry Figure. Modern Day Santa has His Roots in the 3rd and 4th Century Roman Empire (284 – 305 A.D.) Saint Nicholas was a Greek Priest Born in 280A.D. […]