by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Santa Through History
In my prior post for Thanksgiving week, I vowed to post about twenty of my favorite vintage Thanksgiving postcards, most of the postmarked between 1907 and 1910, and five of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes, and five of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Here is...
by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Santa Through History
There is only so much you can say about Thanksgiving in a blog about Santa so, having explained the importance of a harvest festival to a midwinter celebration, I am moving on to Plan B. I picked out about twenty of my favorite vintage Thanksgiving postcards,...
by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Santa Through History
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’ 1912 painting, “The First Thanksgiving, 1621,” presents an idealized portrayal of a feast between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Anyone familiar with American history should understand that blissful scenes in Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’...
by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Santa Through History
This 1798 illustration shows the Dutch gift-giver Sinterklaas in bishop’s garb riding his horse through the streets of Holland while tossing gifts to a trailing mob of children. On November 14, 2020, the Dutch gift-giver Sinterklaas will arrive by steamboat in...
by admin | Dec 6, 2023 | Santa Through History
This 1863 illustration shows “Der Pelzmärte,” or “Furry Martin,” the long-haired, dirty, unkempt, switch-carrying version of St. Martin of Tours, the Catholic saint whose feast day, November 11, was viewed as the dividing line between fall and winter and the beginning...