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Santa Claus - The Joyful Gift Giver Of Christmas

Santa Claus is thought of as the jolly man in red who brings toys to good girls and boys, on Christmas Eve. The image of Santa Claus which is generally depicted as a jolly white-bearded man, sometimes with spectacles, wearing a red coat, red trousers, red hat, and black leather belt and boots and carrying a bag full of gifts for children. This depiction immerged in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit from Saint Nicholas." Caricaturist and political cartoonist “Thomas Nast”, also played a role in the creation of Santa's image.

The Santa Claus we all know is said to make lists of children throughout the world. He categorizes them according to their behavior. He then sets out to deliver presents, including toys and candy, to all of the well-behaved children in the world. Misbehaving children receive coal on the night of Christmas Eve.

Santa Claus is said to accomplish this task with the aid of his elves, who make the toys in his workshop at the North Pole. Santa Claus's flying reindeers, are also said to provide assistance with pulling his sleigh.

When entering a home he first throw coins to see if any of the windows are open. And if they are not, he enters through the chimney. But in some stories he does not bother to try the windows and enters through the chimney if the house has one. If not he search for unlocked doors and windows. His assisting fairies and elves use the same path he goes through, when bringing in gifts to the children.

Many traditions serve Santa and his reindeers with different meals. For example, in american and canadian traditions, children leave a glass of milk and a plate of cookies intended for Santa to consume and carrots for the reindeers. In Britain and Australian traditions, sherry or beer and mince pies are left instead. But they also leave carrots for the reindeers. In Denmark, Norway and Sweden traditions, it is common for children to leave him rice porridge with sugar and cinnamon instead. In Ireland it is popular to leave Guinness or milk, along with Christmas pudding or mince pies. And the list goes on differently with other traditions.

Santa Claus's home is traditionally said to include a residence and a workshop where he is said to create with the aid of elves or other supernatural beings, the gifts he is said to deliver to good children at Christmas. Some stories and legends include a village, inhabited by his helpers, surrounding his home and shop.

Writing letters to Santa Claus has been a Christmas tradition for children for many years. These letters normally contain a wish list of toys and assertions of good behavior. In many countries the postal services allow children to send these letters. They have given specific addressing methods or postal codes in order to send these letters to Santa Claus.

There are number of websites that tracks the location of Santa Clause, especially on the Christmas Eve. “NORAD Tracks Santa”, “the Google Santa tracker”, “the emailSanta.com Tracker” are some of these websites. The origins of the “NORAD Tracks santa” programme began in the United States in 1955, when a Sears Roebuck store in Colorado Springs, gave children a number to call a "Santa hotline". The number was mistyped, resulting in children calling the Continental Air Defense Command on Christmas Eve instead.

The Director of Operations, “Colonel Harry Shoup”, received the first call for Santa and responded by claiming to children that there were signs on the radar, that Santa was indeed heading south from the north pole. Then onwards the NORAD Tracks Santa was continued and the "tracking" can now be done via the Internet and NORAD's website

So this Christmas, enjoy your time with Santa Claus and his bunch of elves and fairies. Don’t forget to unlock a window if your house does not have a chimney. Try writing him a good letter and keep a homemade delicious meal for Santa, his crew and reindeers. On the Christmas Eve don’t forget to track him down.

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