Our BetterMost Community > Chez Tremblay
The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2013, 05:01:59 pm ---Oh, how neat! I didn't know Nast was an immigrant from Germany. :D
--- End quote ---
And even from the Palatinate, pretty close to where your ancestors came from! :)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on December 06, 2013, 07:21:39 pm ---And even from the Palatinate, pretty close to where your ancestors came from! :)
--- End quote ---
Lots of good things come from Rheinpfalz. ;D
I've been thinking about these posts, and I suppose this really belongs on the holiday thread, but I've got to wondering where and when St. Nicholas' visit got pushed back from Dec. 6 to Dec. 24?
In addition to Nast's artwork, I suppose a lot of our American ideas of the jolly old fellow come from Clement Clarke Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (often incorrectly referred to as The Night Before Christmas). I presume it's Moore who gave us the "miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer." Moore was writing in New York State in the 1820s; was he responsible for the change in date, or by then did children already expect a visit on the night before Christmas? ???
southendmd:
I had to post something today. I don't think I've ever seen a day here without a single post.
But the "recent posts" were all yesterday.
Until now.
Front-Ranger:
Thank you for posting friend.
CellarDweller:
post away!
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version