Santa Claus - Santa Claus, IN
N 38° 07.295 W 086° 55.378
16S E 506752 N 4219307
A child’s joyous cry for this fictional figure gave the town its name.
Waymark Code: WM9VAJ
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2010
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As early as 1773 the name appeared in the American press as "St. A Claus,"
This Dutch-American Saint Nick achieved his fully Americanized form in 1823 in the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas by writer Clement Clarke Moore. Moore included such details as the names of the reindeer; Santa Claus's laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which Saint Nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up the chimney.
The American image of Santa Claus was further elaborated by illustrator Thomas Nast, who depicted a rotund Santa for Christmas issues of Harper's magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. Nast added such details as Santa's workshop at the North Pole and Santa's list of the good and bad children of the world.
A human-sized version of Santa Claus, rather than the elf of Moore's poem, was depicted in a series of illustrations for Coca-Cola advertisements introduced in 1931 that introduced and made the red santa suit an icon.
Content taken from website listed below.
Character Type: Literature
Character originator: Clement Clarke Moore, Thomas Nast, Coca Cola Advertising.
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Address or Location:
90 N. Holiday Blvd.
Santa Claus, IN
47579
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