Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht

by Jan Schenkman, 1850. The Dutch traditions of today stem largely from a children’s book

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Santa Claus Worldwide distills the cheerful essence of Christmas from many sources and studies, old and new. In addition to his wide reading, author Tom A. Jerman has brought a wealth of personal experience

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Santa Claus Worldwide describes gift givers throughout the world in history from the pagan god Odin to the present day Father Christmas, Weihnachten, Père Noël, Ded Moroz, and Santa Claus. Mr. Jerman’s thorough research of this subject, takes the reader on a journey...

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Until now I’ve been especially interested in Clement C. Moore and his transcendent poem The Night Before Christmas. Tom Jerman puts Moore’s classic in perspective with a broad and highly informative look at the international history of Santa Claus. For my own...

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I’m not a historian (I work with a lot of historians, but I’m not one!) but this book REALLY impressive piece of work! Extensively referenced and Tom Jerman does a great, scholarly job of telling the “stories” that should be told with the support of a lot of...

Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht (Jan Schenkman, 1850). The Dutch traditions of today stem largely from a children’s book, Sint Nikolaas en zijn Knecht (St. Nicholas and his Servant”) written by Dutch school teacher Jan Schenkman in 1850. The book includes a dark-skinned servant that, although not named in the book, popularized Zwarte Piet (“Black Peter”).