@caitlinrgreen Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Nicholas_Icon_Sinai_13th_century.jpg … (St Nicholas); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intocht_van_Sinterklaas_in_Schiedam_2009_(4102602499)_(2).jpg … (Sinterklaas); http://www.stnicholascenter.org/media/images/n/nast-works.jpg … (19thC Santa)
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Lecture notes on the Origins of Xmas, by B.K. Swartz, Jr., Prof of Anthropology at BSU :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/swartz/American%20Christmas%20Origins.htm …pic.twitter.com/WXDxhPRr61
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Father Christmas--merged w/ Santa Claus in L19thC but originally separate & gave no gifts! http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/pages/english.htm …pic.twitter.com/RFFmghHH3n
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Oxford Scholarly Editions version of Ben Jonson's 1616 "Christmas his Masque": http://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780198113584.book.1/actrade-9780198113584-div2-31?r-1=1.000&wm-1=0&t-1=workmap-tab&p1-1=1&w1-1=0.600&p2-1=1&w2-1=0.400#.VnGEREwZpXM.twitter …pic.twitter.com/XLjrKjL0F0
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@caitlinrgreen Hey look, it's Sinterklaas! -
@MariusHollenga A fascinating character! :) -
@caitlinrgreen I like how a Byzantine cleric became such a popular figure all over the globe. :) -
@MariusHollenga Yes! One of the few saints who truly cross national boundaries too----is intriguing! :)
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@caitlinrgreen Thank you for the link to my stuff on the literary sources; v useful to see some stuff I'd missed. Thank you. -
@noah_nonsense My pleasure! It's a really useful, historical resource & there's not that many of those out there on St Nicholas! :) -
@caitlinrgreen Your own is excellent - thank you!! -
@noah_nonsense thank you! :)
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@caitlinrgreen haha that's nice -
@caitlinrgreen the third pic is really cute :) -
@Umarkarim89 It is! It's the mid-19thC Santa in the USA :) -
@caitlinrgreen haha I hv a little cousin whenever she sees someone fat she says its my future :D glad she can't see this :) -
@Umarkarim89 Hah! Ah, cousins...! ;) -
@caitlinrgreen hehe she is a little minion in 2nd grade but can talk everything and loves my mobile to play games :)
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thank you
and wishing you and yours a super Christmas 
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Glad you like! And yes, absolutely, Merry Christmas! :)
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