Oooooooo Merry Christmas Saint Nick Christmas comes this time each year Oooooooo oooooooo Well, way up north where the air gets cold There’s a tale about Christmas that you’ve all been told And a real famous cat all dressed up in red And he spends the whole year workin’ out on his sled It’s the [...]
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Beach Boy’s Little Saint Nick Lyrics
December 28th, 2011Elf Food Groups, As Listed by Buddy the Elf
December 2nd, 2011What are the four elf food groups? Fans of the movie “Elf,” the 2003 holiday comedy starring Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf, may remember the dinner scene in which Buddy lists the elf food groups after swigging down an entire 2-liter plastic bottle of Coke at the dinner table. “We elves try to stick [...]
A Picture of Santa in Your House is Worth More Than a Thousand Words
October 30th, 2011There’s an old adage that says a picture’s worth a thousand words, and when it comes to capturing a picture of Santa Claus in your house, it’s certainly true. If you had a picture like that to show your kids, they’d probably either be speechless for the equivalent of a thousand words or so excited [...]
How to Answer the Question: Is Santa Real?
October 25th, 20114 Reasons to Use Santa Letter Templates
September 12th, 2011Christmas is one of the most exciting times of the year for kids, and nothing is more exciting about the holiday than Santa Claus. Getting a personalized Santa letter from St. Nick himself is a magical experience that will delight kids and their parents. Many parents may want to write their own letter from Santa [...]
Free Santa Wish List Template
November 12th, 2010What is your child wishing for this Christmas season? There’s no better way to let Santa Claus know what’s on your child’s wish list than by printing out this Santa wish list template at home and letting your child fill in the blanks with all their desired items. Is your daughter hoping for a new [...]
Free Santa Message Video is Great Addition to Santa Letters
November 5th, 2010Sending your child a letter from Santa is a lot of fun, and it’s a great keepsake that you can put in a scrapbook next to your child’s handwritten messages to Santa. But if you’d like to surprise your child with a high-tech message from Santa, you can’t beat Portable North Pole.tv. This site lets [...]
Fun Facts About Favorite Christmas Movies
August 16th, 2010Each year, millions of people watch classic family holiday movies such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town and other movies that have became annual favorites. But do you know the story BEHIND these stories? Here is some fun trivia about a few of our favorite [...]
All About Mrs. Claus
June 18th, 2010Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus. Unlike Santa Claus, however, she does not have a counterpart in folklore or mythology, but was the creation of American authors. She was popularized by poet Katharine Lee Bates in Bates’ poem, “Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride” (1889). The character has since appeared in story, [...]
History of Mrs. Claus
April 12th, 2010While Santa can trace his roots back hundreds of years to Saint Nicholas, Mrs. Claus has a much shorter history. Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about her evolution: The wife of Santa Claus is first mentioned in the short story “A Christmas Legend” (1849), by James Rees, a Philadelphia-based Christian missionary. In the story, [...]
