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Rappahannock News
Published Thursday Morning at
Washington, Rappahannock
County, Virginia
Dial Washington 2851
LUCY CATHERINE BOWIE
Publisher
Entered as second-class mail matter at the post office at Washington, Virginia.
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Santa Claus Symbolizes
The Spirit of Christmas
Our modern Santa Claus is the embodiment of a Christmastime legend dating back nearly 1600 years. Santa is the direct lineal descendant of a distinguished ancestor—St. Nicholas the WonderWorker, Bishop of Myra in Lycia, Asia Minor (modern Turkey), in the Fourth Century.
'St. Nicholas was a favorite among the early Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam, and they named their first church in the New World in his honor. Gradually they Americanized his name from “Sint Nikalaus” to “Santa Nickalaus” and then to “Santa Klaus.” Also, they transferred their giftgiving to Christmas.
Dutch children customarily placed their wooden sabots before
when they
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