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by Kateri Wilson on Nov 22, 2011

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Lecture Note Taking Mrs Wilson

Lecture Note Taking• Material written on the blackboard.• Repetition• Emphasis• Word signals (e.g. "There are two points of view on . . . " "The third reason is . . . " " In conclusion . . . ")• Reviews given at the beginning of class.• Summaries given at the end of class.

Santa – The Truth!The JYHS Library Christmas Lecture

Santa – The Truth!•aka Father Christmas dates back at least 6000 years•Known as the „Allfather‟ • St. Nicolas is the Christian version • Appeared c. 4th Century. • Gift giving tradition • Mysterious „Dark Helper‟

Santa – The Truth!Krampus

Santa – The Truth!

Santa – The Truth! 1823 - „A Visit from 1821 -„The Children‟s Saint Nicholas‟ by Friend‟Clement Clarke Moore

Santa – The Truth! St Nicolas from „A Visit from Pelznickel Saint Nicholas‟

Santa – The Truth!• "Christmas Eve," from 1874 by Thomas Nast

Santa – The Truth! • Victorian Father Christmas

Santa – The Truth!Norman Rockwell from 1922 and J. C. Leyendecker from 1925

Santa – The Truth!J.R.R.Tolkien

Santa – The Truth!Haddon Sundblom

Santa – The Truth! •Spy Magazine – ”Is there a Santa Claus? - a physicist view” “If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he‟d dead now.”

Santa – The Truth! The science bit - 2,106 million Children 2.5 per household = 842 million houses to visit 221 million miles to cover = moving at 1279 miles per second The forces would vaporise him and his reindeer team.

Santa – The Truth! •many adults and older children who denounce his very existence despite the presents •letter from 1897 written to an American newspaper –The Sun by a little girl Virginia O‟Hanlon.

Santa – The Truth!Absence of proof does notmean he doesn‟t exist.“The most real things in theworld are those that neitherchildren nor men can see.”Santa represents all that isgood and bright about theseason and about us.

Bibliography• Christmas Unwrapped: Facts behind the myth and magic of Christmas by Patrick Harding.• Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas by Roger Highfield• Is There A Santa Claus? by Richard Waller, Spy magazine, January 1990.• "In Search of Schrödingers Reindeer," by Matthew Davies and Martin Slaughter. New Scientist, December 1999.• St Nicolas Centre www.stnicholascenter.org• Visions of Christmas http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibiti ons/Christmas/

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Key Points• Origins of Myth – – 1920s red more common – ‘Allfather’ – 1931 Coca-cola adverts by – St Nicolas Sundblom – Dutch to USA take • Laws of Physics Sinterklass - Extreme forces but – Add Brits = Santa Claus in Santa technologically New York 1809 advanced or uses magic.• Santa Claus Look - ‘absence of proof does not equal proof’. – 1823 – Clement Clark Moore ‘A visit from St - 1897 letter to ‘The Sun’ Nicolas’ newpaper – Nast Illustrations

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