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Because there is a Santa Claus within each of us (part 1)Sep 13, 2024 A saying by a French philosopher tells us that love is learned in three steps:...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 5)Sep 13, 2024 Finland has thus partially succeeded in its bid to “naturalize” Santa Claus and reap the...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 6)Sep 13, 2024 Santa Claus is thus at the same time the child of the globalization of traditions...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 4)Sep 13, 2024 What was bound to happen, happened: the inventors of Santa Claus’s Lapp residence saw their...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 3)Sep 13, 2024 Joulupukki is unlikely to be disturbed there: at nearly 70° north latitude, close to the...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 2)Sep 11, 2024 But these countries were open enough to the world to understand the importance of the...
How Did the Nordic Countries Kidnap Santa Claus? (part 1)Sep 11, 2024 The Nordic countries do not share the same Christmas tradition when it comes to gift-bearers:...
Amsterdam/New York: Santa Claus is the Child of Global Cities (part 4)Sep 10, 2024 New York illustrators would take care of the rest: Thomas Nast depicted Santa Claus, still...
