Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010!

Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:17 pm » by **Santaclaus**

Greetings, Disclose-niacs,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2010!
Ho ho ho! :sunny:

Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:38 pm » by **Johnsmith**

Greetings, Santa! Didn't hear from you for a year. :sunny:

Disclose TV members, may the New Year bring more excitement and discoveries in our quest for truth and enlightenment.
From the healthier and happier, John. :cheers:

http://news.discovery.com/human/worlds-oldest-santa-figurine-believed-found.html wrote:World's Oldest Santa Figurine Believed Found

Archaeologists working in Akron, Ohio, claim to have found the world's oldest three-dimensional representation of Santa Claus.

Known as the "Blue Santa," the object was made circa 1884 by The American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company, which burned to the ground in 1904. The figurine is 2.5 inches tall.

Project leader Brian Graham said, "It's a wishing Santa. You hold it in your hand and wish for the present you want for Christmas.
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Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:40 pm » by **doommongerer**

Thanks Santa for droping that big check into my sock. :mrgreen:

...Merry christmas to all DTV members. :love:

Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:43 pm » by **Cornbread714**

So Santa was a smurf?

Just kidding

Peace.

Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:46 pm » by **Lordgaga**

Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:15 pm » by **Theklown**

i had heard a rumour that santa used to use dark colours for his get up until coca cola purchased some marketing right or somehting and turned him red an white

heard it a few years ago, just thought it put my two cents worth in lol

Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:43 pm » by **Johnsmith**

http://www.christmas-decorations-gifts-store.com/history_of_santa.html wrote:The history of the Santa Claus tradition as we know him today first emerged when the Dutch settlers came to Manhattan on Christmas day 1624. Sinterklaas the good saint in Holland was named the patron of their new home. In Holland, Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) wore a red robe while riding a white horse, and cared a bag of gifts to fill the children's stockings. A sinister assistant called Black Pete proceeded Sinterklaas in the Holland tradition to seek out the naughty boys and girls who would not receive gifts. Black Pete, to the delight of all the American children, was left behind in Holland by Sinterklaas. By the late 1600s and through out the 1700s Sinterklaas would be known as Sancte Clause who would arrive on Christmas eve, December 24.

It was not until the 1800s that the Santa as we know him today started to emerge. Writers and artist depicted a lovable jolly fellow, small in size with a giving heart. On Christmas eve he would ride in a magnificent sleigh pulled by eight reindeer over the treetops and roofs. He dropped gifts down the chimneys of good boys and girls. Select the following link to view our Old World Santa Father Christmas.

In the early 1820’s Clement Moore describes St. Nicholas as dressed in a fur hat and suit, with rosy dimpled cheeks and a red cherry nose. His face was broad with a droll little mouth and a snow-white beard. St Nicholas was chubby and plump with a little round belly that shook like a bowlful of jelly. It is Moore's description of Santa that we most often think of today. Up to this point his physical appearance were open to individual interpretations as well as the colors of his suit. Clement Moore also tells us the names of his reindeer. Select the following link to read Clement Moore's Christmas Poem "Twas The Night Before Christmas" to find out the reindeer names.

In 1821, the first Santa Claus pictures were illustrated along with a poem titled “The Children’s Friend, A New-Year’s Present to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve” gave us one of the earliest images of Santa when it was published along with eight color lithographs. One of the lithograph illustrated him dressed in a red suit that was not anything like a suit of clothing an American might be wearing, nor like a flowing robe as Saint Nicolas might wear.

Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:50 pm » by **Theklown**

quote from your reading lol "Up to this point his physical appearance were open to individual interpretations as well as the colors of his suit."

just saying lol i heard he started with different colours

also saying... happy almost x mas guess mafk lol

Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:01 pm » by **Sceptilief**

Merry Christmas all my fellow disclosurists. You guys have done an amazing job in 2009; bringing forward vast amounts of information, and helping to form the beginnings of the movement that will undoubtedly run into full swing for 2010.

And regardless of your reasons for celebrating this year, or your reasons for not celebrating, please be well and prosperous. And remember, the gifts are not the reason for our celebrations, it is our friends and family that we owe the greatest celebration.

:cheers:

<--- Egg Nog with Rum. :owned:

PS... DOWN WITH WAL-MART!!!

Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:53 pm » by **domdabears**

Merry Christmas!!

And fuck you PC fags with your happy holidays shit. :owned: