Apparently the man we have come to call Santa was also, according to Wikipedia, “the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, thieves, children, and students.”
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Join us TODAY for: Chuck Fischer, Creating a Pop-Up Book and The Enduring Appeal Of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, December 1, 2010, 12:00pm-1:00pm, Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
We hope you will join us on December 1, 2010 for the lecture by Chuck Fischer: Creating a Pop-Up Book and The Enduring Appeal Of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
The snow seems very far away in all this heat, but why not celebrate a little Christmas in July? —Elizabeth Periale Image: Harper's Weekly, 1869. Related: Xmas in July Christmas more »
Christiaan Huygens, Systema Saturnium; sive, De Causis Mirandorum Saturni Phænomenôn, et Comite ejus Planeta Nova [Saturnian system], 1659, Schematic of Saturn's rings From digital collection, Christiaan Huygens Systema Saturnium —Elizabeth more »
And a partridge in a . . . lily. Happy second day of Christmas!—Elizabeth Periale Top: François-Nicolas Martinet, Ornithologie [Histoire des Oiseaux Peints dans Tous Leurs Aspects Apparents et Sensibles] more »
From Harper's Weekly, 1869 (and The Smithsonian Libraries, 2009!)—Elizabeth Periale