St. Nick smoked a long pipe & wore a broad-brimmed hat in his 1809 "Knickerbocker's History of New York"
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Santa Claus  Saint Nicholas lived in Myra (known today as Turkey) during the Fourth Century. .... Claus in 1809 with the publication of his "Knickerbocker's History of New York. ... wearing a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches and smoking a long pipe.
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December 24, 1978 - The great 'Night Before Christmas ...  Dec 24, 1978 ... St. Nicholas, as you might know, was real. ... And like the Dutch San Nicolaas, Santa flew through the air on his annual rounds. ... In 1809, Washington Irving put Santa into print. ... in "Knickerbocker's History of New York" was fat and jolly, smoked a long pipe, wore a broad-brimmed hat and big breeches,...
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Wood on Words: Ho ho ho! Santa Claus has saintly origins  Dec 12, 2008 ... After the religion established a foothold in Europe, Saint Nicholas, whose death date is given as Dec. ... His transformation began in 1809, when American author Washington Irving published Knickerbocker's History of New York. ... wore a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches and smoked a long pipe.
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OnFaith: Will The Real Santa Claus Please Stand Up?, Explained  Indeed, we might be thinking of Santa's predecessor St. Nicholas, who is far older, ... old man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and cloak and carrying a traveler's staff. ... a parody of the Dutch community called Knickerbocker's History of New York. ... roly-poly Dutchman with elfin features who smoked a long, slender pipe and...
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Legend of Santa Claus had humble beginning in Turkey  The Daily ...  Dec 9, 1998 ... Saint Nicholas earned his reputation through several of the legendary ... Up until this time, Saint Nicholas had been pictured as a tall, thin, stately man who wore a ... In 1809, Washington Irving published Knickerbocker's History of New ... a broad-brimmed hat and huge breeches and smoked a long pipe.
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Secrets of Fraunces Tavern - February 4, 2014 - NewYork.com  Feb 4, 2014 ... No, George Washington didn't sleep here, but he was one of its ... The building that houses New York City's oldest tavern was originally built as a private home  a mansion for the prosperous merchant Stephen Delancey  in 1719. ... George was at it again, famously bidding farewell to his troops at the...
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jeopardy/2593_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ORGANIZED CRIME | Wreaths at this mobster's June 15, 2002 funeral bore such emblems as a cigar, a martini, a royal flush & the Yankees logo | John Gotti.
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Diedrich Knickerbocker (Character) - Comic Vine  Diedrich Knickerbocker was born c. 1784 in the Netherlands. A scholar and an eccentric, he travelled to New York City sometime in the early 1800s. At this time...
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Full text of "The story of the Bronx, from the purchase made by the ...  There are to-day in the old city of New York(the Borough of Manhattan) but three ... -274 xiv Illustrations PAGE The Reformed Dutch Church on the Kingsbridge Road ..... Cromwell's Creek had its origin about East 178th Street and Jerome Avenue ..... York and bought the land and took possession of it in behalf of his brother,...
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Hat History - Hatbox: A Modern Haberdashery  Apr 30, 2011 ... A painting on the wall shows a man wearing a coolie straw hat. ... marks a new era of women's hats by bringing them back into the spotlight. ... A Top Hat has a tall, flat crown with a broad brim which is usually curled on the sides. .... 1882 play, Fdora, played by Sarah Bernhardt in a fedora on stage. By the...
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Washington Irving - Wikipedia  Washington Irving (April 3, 1783  November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, .... Today, the surname of Diedrich Knickerbocker, the fictional narrator of this and other Irving works, has become a nickname for Manhattan residents...
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What's a Knickerbocker? | THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE NEW YORK ...  The term "Knickerbockers" traces its origin to the Dutch settlers who came to the New ... Specifically, it refers to the style of pants the settlers wore...pants that rolled up just ... Thus, the Knickerbocker name had been an integral part of the New York ... Father Knick: The original Knicks logo, used from the inaugural 1946-47...
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History of Tobacco Timeline - No Title  Tobacco History Timeline. ... After lighting one end, they commenced "drinking" the smoke through the ... By the beginning of the seventeenth century these farms had, in many places, ..... P. Lorillard is the oldest tobacco company in the US. .... (RK); 1856-1857: ENGLAND: The country's first cigarette factory is opened by...
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St. Nicholas Center ::: The Evolution of Zwarte Piet  Dec 14, 2011 ... His black-face began to be attributed to soot from coming down chimneys, ... These Zwarte Pieten all dress in 17th century colorful Moorish outfits with curly .... The very next day when Sinterklaas arrived in Amsterdam, a group of young ... We say: 'study the origin of the phenomenon of Zwarte Piet and ask...
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Herman Melville - Gay History and Literature: Essays by Rictor Norton  Melville's wide-ranging sea adventures made him familiar with ... seaman on the frigate United States, fictionalized in White Jacket (1850), in which he notes .... The signt of another lad too much consorting with the boy's beloved object, ... writers would have alluded to the nudity of their hero - a tell-tale marker of his interests.
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Xmas Stories  ... wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly. ... "With this coat and this hat, I look just like Saint Nick!
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SANTA CLAUS: The Great Imposter - Dial-the-Truth Ministries  Who, REALLY, is this man we affectionately call Santa Claus? ..... More than any other event, it was Irving's Knickerbocker History that is ... The first major problem in the Santa Claus saga is the person of St. Nicholas. ... were Reformation Dutch who believed the veneration of saints as evil heresy, especially St. Nicholas.
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there Is Something About A Martini | American History Lives at ...  Well, all right, he is reported to have said, but it is cold on the stomach. ... Like jazz, film, and other modern arts, the martini has its roots in the Gilded Age. ... who served dry gin-and-vermouth cocktails at New York's Knickerbocker Hotel early in ... On the same principle, adding sweet vermouth to the traditional gin cocktail...
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Peter Stuyvesant's NYC: From the Bouwerie Farm to That Famous ...  Nov 5, 2014 ... He did, and that same year he signed the deed to a house on his Bouwerie, or Bouwerij (the Dutch word for farm, which ... When he died in 1672 he was buried in a vault beneath the church, where he remains today. ... New Amsterdam in 1664. Before coming to New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant was the...
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From Beyond the Grave and Across the Ocean: Washington Irving ...  But Irving was still Knickerbocker, the pseudonymous author of the History, too acute an ... The last naval biography, of Captain Porter, appeared in September 1814 and ... in two stories directly attributed to him ('Rip van Winkle' and 'The Legend of ... the Analectic Magazine, but presented here as though written by Crayon.
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He's made his Marc with his luxury purses, which often feature his ...  Jun 27, 2016 ... Big Boy on his career, does a Rapid Fire Quiz, + Fan Questions (Full ... His 1945 collection was called The Thurber this # Quiz # Question. 0:29.