Here comes Santa Claus
I was killing time at work today, browsing Wikipedia, and I was blown away by the shapes and variety of the Santa Claus figure.
He goes by many names and disguises. Father Christmas in the British islands; Le Père Noël in France and Quebec, Saint Nicholas in many parts of eastern Europe,Ded Moroz in Russia,Santa Kuroosu in Japan and he goes by Papá Noel in Latin American.
The variations on the story are as broad as his name!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa
My personal favorite factoid is that NORAD "tracks" Santa every year as he enters US airspace. See this link:
http://www.norad.mil/about_us/tracking_santa.htm
So, like the song says people, be good for goodness sake 'cause Santa Claus is coming to town.
He goes by many names and disguises. Father Christmas in the British islands; Le Père Noël in France and Quebec, Saint Nicholas in many parts of eastern Europe,Ded Moroz in Russia,Santa Kuroosu in Japan and he goes by Papá Noel in Latin American.
The variations on the story are as broad as his name!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa
My personal favorite factoid is that NORAD "tracks" Santa every year as he enters US airspace. See this link:
http://www.norad.mil/about_us/tracking_santa.htm
So, like the song says people, be good for goodness sake 'cause Santa Claus is coming to town.