Christmas Forum: poo

Posted by: poo (poo@ThisIsToPreventSpam-353-RemoveThis.hotmail.com) on 11 Dec 2003 at 8:56:49 AM
In-Reply-To: German Christmas traditions posted by Chris Whitten on 6:19:11 PM 22 Nov 2002

: : I AM LOOKING FOR THE GERMAN NAME GIVEN TO WHAT NOW IS KNOW IN AMERICA AS "SANTA CLAUS". IF A HISTORY CAN BE GIVEN AS TO HOW THE NAME WAS GIVEN, THAT TOO, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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: Hi,
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: Here's a good page summarizing German Christmas traditions:
: http://www.german-way.com/german/christmas.html
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: They write:
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: "Kris Kringle is a corruption Christkindl ('Christ Child' - It is the Christkindl who brings gifts on Christmas Eve in Germany, not Santa!)"
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: Chris

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