“this
time line is a document that authorities discovered in B’s journal
that is believed researched and compiled by B and is presented to
the public as further evidence of her action”.
1731 AD
First published notice of the German tradition of candles on a "Christmas
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1773
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St Nicholas makes news in the New York Gazette as "St. A. Claus" |
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1776
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The first American Christmas Tree. |
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1809
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Washington Irving credited with inventing Santa Claus in a collection
of stories published in "Knickerbocker's History of New York".
He mentions St Nicholas 25 times and described him as "a genial
yet obviously patrician saint dressed in a broad hat and invariably
smoking a long pipe" and arrived each Eve of St. Nicholas driving
a wagon. Irving also invented the phrase "laying his finger beside
his nose". The book was published on St. Nicholas Day, December
6, 1809.
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