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The
city of Myra is
located in Asia
Minor, which is
now known as
Demre,
Turkey.
02.
TIMELINE
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History of
Santa and his
annual YuleTime
Ventures around
the World.
Chronicles of
St. Nicks stage
- screen -
filmography
and music
contributions
to Christmas
and the holiday
season.
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255-257
A.D. - Bishop
of Myra:
Nicholas was
born to an
affluent family
in Patara, a
city of Licia
in Asia Minor
(part of modern
day Turkey),
around 255-257
A.D. Nicholas
became Bishop
of Myra in Asia
Minor, the city
now known as
Demre,
Turkey.
•
AD
300 - Living
his whole life
centered on
Jesus Christ,
Nicholas worked
for justice and
cared for those
in need.When
Nicholas heard
of plight of an
honorable
family that
fell into
poverty, he
came up with a
scheme to
assist this
family. The
tradition of
giving gifts on
Christmas
morning stems
from Nicholas'
act of
charity.
•
325
A.D - Council
of Nicaea:
Bishop
Nicholas,
defender of the
faith,
forcefully
argued for the
doctrine of the
Holy Trinity at
the Council of
Nicaea. The
council's
statement forms
part of the
Nicene Creed,
still said in
churches today
- - Fresco,
Sistine Chapel,
The Vatican
Photo: St
Nicholas
Society/Rosenthal
•
343
A.D - Death
of
Nicholas:
Bishop Nicholas
died on
December 6, 343
AD, and was
buried in the
cathedral in
Myra, now
Demre, Turkey.
Many pilgrims
came to his
tomb - -
Tomb of St.
Nicholas, St.
Nicholas
Church, Myra
(Demre, Tureky)
Photo: St
Nicholas
Society/JMR
•
400
A.D -
Wonderworker:
Since the
fifth century
the Eastern
Church has
revered St.
Nicholas for
the many
miracles
attributed to
him and for his
inspiring
witness as a
follower of
Jesus Christ -
- Bulgarian
Icon, Photo: St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
987
A.D -
Russia:
Following
his baptism in
Constantinople,
Grand Prince
Vladimir I
brought
Christianity
and St.
Nicholas to
Russia. St.
Nicholas is
Russia's
favorite saint
- - 19th C
Russian Icon,
St Nicholas
Center
Collection
•
1087-
Saint in Bari:
Italian
sailors took
the bones of
St. Nicholas to
Bari, Italy.
This
"translation of
the relics" is
commemorated in
Bari with a
fantastic
festival each
year on May 9th
- - Vintage
Italian Print,
St Nicholas
Center
Collection
•
1100s-
Gift-Giver:
French nuns
began giving
candy and gifts
to needy
children on
December 6th,
St. Nicholas
feast day.
Children still
eagerly await
his treats in
French Alsace
and Lorraine
and in many
other parts of
Europe - -
French Holy
Card, St.
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1150
- Winchester
Cathedral:
Scenes from the
life of St.
Nicholas
decorate this
black marble
baptismal font
which was made
in Belgium. St.
Nicholas has
been a favorite
subject for
church
ornamentation -
- Winchester
Cathedral Font,
Photo: Aidan
Simons
•
1200s
- 13th Century
Boy Bishop
Token: All
over Europe
boys were
selected to be
the "Nicholas
Bishop" from
December 6th
through the
Feast of the
Holy Innocents
(December
28th). Boy
bishops and
their retinues
collected alms
for the poor,
but sometimes
turned into
disruptive
roving gangs -
- 13th C
English token
brom Bury St.
Edmunds, St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1410
- "Saint
Nicholas
Rescues a Ship
at Sea."
Nicholas was a
popular subject
for illuminated
manuscripts;
this one is
from the Belles
Heures of Jean
de France, Duke
of Berry - -
Card from
Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
St Nicholas
Center
Collection
•
1520
- The feast of
Saint Nicholas
was
abolished
in some
European
countries after
the Protestant
reformation of
the 16th
century.
•
1555
- Middle Ages:
St. Nicholas
brought gifts
on Dec. 6,
the only
"Christmas"
gift-giving
time during the
Middle Ages,
•
1560
-
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port:
Stunning
basilica
dedicated to
St. Nicholas,
the much
beloved patron,
"Father of the
Country, Leader
and Defender of
Lorraine." --
Belgian
Lithograph, St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1661
-
Sint-Nicolaaskerk:
This silver
reliquary is in
the beautiful
St. Nicholas
Church in
Sint-Niklaas,
Flanders,
Belgium - -
Detail
Sint-Nicolaaskerk
Reliquary, 1661
Sint-Nicolaaskerk
•
1664
- Sinter
Klaas: In
the 17th
century, the
Dutch emigrated
to America,
establishing
the colony of
New Amsterdam
which, in 1664,
became New
York. As
the Dutch
custom of
commemorating
the feast of
Saint Nicholas
spread
throughout this
nation,
"Sinter
Klaas" became
"Santa Claus"
in the United
States.
•
1809
- Washington
Irving's St.
Nicholas:
Diedrich
Knickerbocker's
History of New
York describes
St. Nicholas as
an elfin Dutch
burgher, not a
saint, thus
beginning the
emergence of a
dinstinctive
American
figure. -
Illustration by
Boyd, A Visit
from St.
Nicholas, 1849,
facsimile
edition, St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1818
- Silent Night:
The
original lyrics
for the song in
German "Stille
Nacht" was
written by
Josef Mohr and
the melody was
composed by
Franz Gruber,
in Oberndorf,
Austria. It has
been translated
in hundreds of
languages.
•
1823
- A Visit from
St. Nicholas or
'Twas the Night
Before
Christmas.'
Publication
of the poem
which became an
American
classic and
formed lasting
images of an
American St.
Nicholas. /
Vintage
Book
•
1833
- The
Reverend
Clement Clark
Moore wrote a
poem for his
own children
that presented
a radically new
benevolent
image of Saint
Nicholas not
seen before. "A
Visit From
Saint Nicholas"
introduced
Santa Claus for
the first time
as a kind,
plump, jolly
elf greeting
readers with
his twinkling
eyes, rosy
cheeks, and
dimples.
Moore's Saint
Nicholas smoked
a pipe,
navigated a
miniature
sleigh pulled
by eight tiny
reindeer, and
made his
entrance via
the
chimney.
•
1845
- The
Netherlands:
A new
picture book by
Jan Schenkman
shaped modern
Dutch customs
by establishing
Sint Nicolaas
arrival on a
steamboat from
Spain with a
Moorish
assistant.
Crowds still
enthusiastically
greet their
arrival each
year in
mid-November -
- Sint
Nikolaas en
Zijn Knecht,
Reprint, St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1864-1886
- Thomas Nast
draws
Santa:
Harper's Weekly
features Nast's
Santas with
flowing beards,
rotund shapes,
fur suits, and
clay pipes - -
"Merry Old
Santa Claus" by
Thomas Nast,
Harper's
Weekly, January
1, 1881
This
philanthropist,
depicted as a
white-bearded
old man with a
long caped coat
[or
sometimes in
red Episcopal
robes],
remained,
nonetheless, a
moralistic
figure:
rewarding good
children or
punishing the
unruly ones.
•
1873
- St. Nicholas
Magazine:
The first issue
of St.
Nicholas:
Scribner's
Illustrated
Magazine for
Girls and Boys
was published.
Editor Mary
Mapes Dodge
named the
magazine for
the children's
saint, the
epitome of
loving and
giving. This
new magazine
offered gifts
to children as
he did gifts of
fun as well as
learning.
•
1874
- St.
Nicholas
Magazine, July
1874
•
1875
- Click for the
story of St.
Nicholas
from the
January 1875
issue.
•
1882
- First year a
Christmas Tree
was lit by
electricity in
New York.
•
1904
- European Gift
Giver: St.
Nicholas leaves
tasty treats
for good little
boys and girls
- - 1904 German
Postcard St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1916
- St. Nicholas
Magazine:
This
enormously
popular
magazine named
for children's
patron, St.
Nicholas, was
published from
1873 until
1940. It
featured high
quality
children's
authors and
illustrators.
Illustration:
Norman Price,
St Nicholas,
December
1916 St
Nicholas Center
Collection.
Click for
the story of
St. Nicholas
from 1875.
•
1920s
- Dutch Moral
Teacher:
St. Nicholas
visits homes
and schools to
reward good
children who
have learned
their lessons
well. - -
Dutch
Postcard St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1931
- Coca-Cola
Santa: Each
year from 1931
to 1964 Haddon
Sundblom
created a new
Santa for
Coca-Cola's
"thirst knows
no season"
campaign. His
life-size
Santas in white
fur-trimmed red
suits are now
the
American
Santa Claus.
Here is the
first one - -
Courtesy of
Coca-Cola
Company
•
1938
- A Christmas
Carol - The
first one
filmed in 1938
is still the
one people
enjoy most.
Scrooge
certainly has
been played by
quite a few
actors in other
versions of
this classic
story by
Charles
Dickens, but
somehow I enjoy
watching the
actor in this
one as he
watches his
life; past,
present and
future, unfold
before him when
the spirits
come to take
him away on
Christmas Eve
leaving Scrooge
a different man
at the end of
his journey's.
The only fault
I find with
this film is
that when he
visits tiny
Tim's household
things are bit
too cheerful
and pleasant
for the poverty
they endure due
to the small
wages poor old
Cratchit earns.
But, a happy
ending prevails
and one we all
want to
see.
•
1945
- Still Gift
Giver in
Europe: St.
Nicholas'
donkey helps
bring treats to
excited and
happy children
. - - 1945
Belgian
Postcard St
Nicholas Center
Collection
•
1945
- Miracle on
34th Street
(also titled
The Big Heart
in the UK) is a
1947 film
which tells
the story of a
gentle old man,
working as a
Santa Claus at
Macy's
department
store in New
York City, who
contends that
he is the real
deal. The movie
was written by
Valentine
Davies and
director George
Seaton; Davies
also penned a
short story
version of the
tale which was
published
simultaneously
with the film's
release.
•••The
film won
Academy Awards
for Best Actor
in a Supporting
Role (Edmund
Gwenn), Best
Writing,
Original Story
(Valentine
Davies) and
Best Writing,
Screenplay. It
was also
nominated for
Best Picture.
It was placed
#9 at AFI's 100
Years... 100
Cheers.
•••The
film was
colorized
twice, first in
a poorly
recieved
version
released in the
1980s, and most
recently by
Legend Films.
The new
colorized
version was
released in
2006.
•
1950's
- European
Advertising:
St. Nicholas
now rewards all
children-whether
naughty or
nice. Even
Coca-Cola once
knew the true
St. Nicholas. -
- Store
Promotional
Piece St
Nicholas Center
Collection.
•
1971s
0210 -
RECORD
SESSION: Troy
Cory - Munich.
Germany, with
Ambros Seelos,
Trixi Studio
Munich; Basel,
Switzerland.
•
1973s
1220 -
RECORD
SESSION: Troy
Cory - Jackson,
Mississippi,
Christmas
Session with
Jerry Butler,
All South
Studios.
•
1974s
0524 - TV
GUIDE - 1974:
11:00 P. M. 13
TROY CORY
EVENING SHOW. -
Writers Ron
Fischer and
Zina Florentine
are Troy's
guests. Musical
selections
include
"Christmas
Chestnuts"
(Troy); "Love
Story" (John
Barrymore,
Jr.); and "La
Bamba" (Pango
Orchestra).
•
1975s
1001 - BBC,
London,
England;
October 1,
1975; Troy Cory
Christmas with
BBC Radio Play
Music
Label.
 •
1977s
1212 -
Film.
"Christmas
Around the
World. " EUROPE
Location -
December 12,
1977. Filming
of Christmas
Show in Germany
and Austria.
Starring Troy
Cory, Priscilla
Cory, Manuela
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MORE
STORY.
CLICK
IMAGE TO VIEW
IT ON
YouTube.
•
1988
-
The
Troy Cory
Stage/TV
performer.
Shanghai, China
(1988)
CLICK
FOR MORE
STORY•
•
1990
-
The
Troy Cory
Christmas Show
filmed in
Beijing,
Anshan,
China.
Featured the
Great Wall and
"Jingle Bells".
-
CLICK
FOR MORE
STORY
•
1994
- St. Nicholas
Defense:
Action
committees in
the Netherlands
tell Santa
Claus to stay
away until
after St.
Nicholas Day,
December 6th. -
Symbol used in
Assen, the
Netherlands.
•
2001
- Canterbury,
England:
Good Bishop
Nicholas rides
through the
town leading
happy crowds to
the heart of
Christmasthe
manger where
Jesus was born.
- - Photo:
Anglican
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