XENOPHONZ opened this issue on Mar 04, 2008 · 57 posts
pakled posted Thu, 06 March 2008 at 7:08 AM
Santa Claus is St. Nicholas, of course. The actual 'deification' of Santa Claus started in the mid-19th century, by a political cartoonist named Thomas Nast (from whom we get the word 'nasty'). He was an extremely opinionated guy, hated boss Tweed, loved Grant, etc.
Yup...here's an odd thought...if you bought the book while it was considered 'non-fiction', it might be worth more, if it's labelled that way, since it's now a limited print run...;)
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)