Lincoln and Santa Claus

[Anita]

Laurie, Thanks for the post on Mr. Rawlings a.k.a. Santa. I'm still laughing about "...and we have even had ladies in their 70s and 80s sit on his lap and ask for presents - including one who wanted a Mercedes. His response was, "Is that the name of a reindeer?" I will use this on my 17 yr. old grandson who wants a car for Xmas.

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Betty, Great Nast Lincoln image. I was glad to see the guard at the door.

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(12-02-2013 07:44 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  [quote='Anita' pid='27479' dateline='1386025374']
"The Richmond Examiner described Santa to its young readers as "a Dutch toy monger" who was a New York/New England "scrub" and Hottentot.

The writer from the Richmond Examiner was right that the Dutch brought Santa Claus to America, but he was pretty bad at geography calling S.C. a "Hottentot".

"Hottentot" was the Dutch word for all native South Africans when the Dutch settled in the Cape region during the 18th century.


Eva, I didn't know why they used the term ""Hottentot". Thanks for defining it. It makes perfect sense. They were calling him a Black Santa.
I'd say the South was pretty angry over the North stealing Santa.