Christmas is just around the corner and who better to symbolise Christmas than Santa Claus? Here are 7 facts about the genial and iconic old man.
Well fine, he didn’t have a flying sleigh pulled by reindeers but idea of Santa Claus is based on St Nicholas from third century AD, who truly brought gifts for children.
It’s true that Saint Nicholas lived much before that. The words ‘Santa Claus’ flashed for the first time in a late 18th-century New York newspaper.
The US government officially issued a pilot’s license for Santa Claus in 1927.
It is said that the now-famous red attire of Santa Claus is a result of a popular marketing campaign in the 1930s.
The idea of Mrs Claus was introduced in James Rees’ short story ‘The Christmas Legend’ in mid-nineteenth century.
Canada issued official passports for the happy couple in 2013.
Thomas Nast, a political cartoonist, drew Santa as a genial old man with a full white beard.