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POPSSaint Nicholas Timeline SHORT STORY RESEARCH . MORE: 1845 The Netherlands A new picture book by Jan Schenkman shaped modern Dutch customs by establishing Sint Nicolaas arrival on a steamboat from Spain with a Moorish assistant. Crowds still enthusiastically greet their arrival each year in mid-November. 1864—1886 Thomas Nast draws Santa Harper's Weekly features Nast's Santas with flowing beards, rotund shapes, fur suits, and clay pipes. 1931 Coca-Cola Santa Each year from 1931 to 1964 Haddon Sundblom created a new Santa for Coca-Cola's "thirst knows no season" campaign. His life-size Santas in white fur-trimmed red suits are now the American Santa Claus. 1994 St. Nicholas Defense Action committees in the Netherlands tell Santa Claus to stay away until after St. Nicholas Day, December 6th.
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POPSThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving MORE: His haunts are not confined to the valley, but extend at times to the adjacent roads, and especially to the vicinity of a church at no great distance. Indeed, certain of the most authentic historians of those parts, who have been careful in collecting and collating the floating facts concerning this spectre, allege that the body of the trooper having been buried in the churchyard, the ghost rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head, and that the rushing speed with which he sometimes passes along the Hollow, like a midnight blast, is owing to his being belated, and in a hurry to get back to the churchyard before daybreak. SHORT STORY RESEARCH
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POPSGood Mother "A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." --Washington Irving
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POPS20 Great Mark Twain Quotes Pt 3 (15-20) Twain was once voted the Quintessential American Author. Others who have been listed at his level during our 19th century were: Nathaniel Hawthorne Edgar Allan Poe Stephen Crane Bret Harte Washington Irving and a young man who was inspired totally by him: Jack London. I would be remiss if I did not point out that one of his contemporaries (and just as much a curmudgeon) and he had an ongoing battle of words in their respective newspapers, Ambrose Bierce...
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POPS The Spookiest Places On Earth The Tower of London attracts tourists hoping to spot the ghost of Anne Boleyn, the executed wife of King Henry VIII. It's said her spirit walks the halls cradling her decapitated head and searching for her unfaithful husband, who executed her so he could marry another woman.
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POPSThe Brothers Grimm 2 Warning to Parents: Many of these works are not considered appropriate for children by modern standards. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As original folklore suggests fairies to be dark, elemental creatures of revenge and desire; the content of these literary works my include extreme violence, grotesque imagery, and sexual references. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please consider these facts if you are browsing with children. can you believe that ?!?!? FAIRYTALES with parental advisories !?!? gee-wow !
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