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I 8 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc, December 23,1987 Section Two The Many Faces Of Santa Claus When you've seen one Santa Claus, you've seen them all. Right? Wrong. Santa is a man of many faces, according to Shar- . , ron Uhler, curator of the Hallmark Historical Collection. Collection. The collection, housed at the international international corporate headquarters headquarters of Hallmark Cards Inc. in Kansas City, Mo., is the largest collection of antique and historical greeting cards in the world. Among the Santas in the Hallmark Historical collection are a white- bearded, priestly looking looking man in religious robes and a black- bearded buccaneer in a furry black suit. One version version of Santa shows him in a military uniform. In ..Others, he sports versions versions of the popular red and white suit. '•;>In fact, Santa was a . tall, thin man until 1853 when Baldwin, Adams & Co. published an engraving engraving showing a paunchy paunchy St. Nick with a scraggly beard driving a team of equally ragged reindeer. The roly-poly version of Santa gained wide acceptance acceptance in the 1860s when Thomas Nast, a famous famous cartoonist of the period, began drawing the broad-faced old gentleman gentleman for magazine covers and bookplates. Nast's Santa was a squat, pixie-like figure, round and jolly -- a throwback to the Santa who slid down the chimney chimney in Clement Clarke Moore's 1822 classic, "The Night Before Christmas". . Nast popularized not only the figure of Santa Claus but also many of the other practices with which he is associated at Christmas: manufacturing manufacturing the toys in his North Pole workshop, keeping records of good and bad children, receiving and answering their letters and driving his reindeer. Nast also is credited r with creating Santa's red d v oat, the resUlt of à cartoon cartoon during the Civil War which patriotically showed Santa in a red, white and blue suit. In the early 1900s, variations variations of Nast's Santa appeared. appeared. A postcard dated 1909 shows Santa in a red robe trimmed with brown fur. A 1917 greeting actually depicts Santa as somewhat sinister. sinister. Santa's bulbous nose and cheeks are red, but thin eyebrows, slanted eyes and a devilish grin combine to give him a wicked look. Today's cards portray Santa in any number of. modern situations -- watching TV with his reindeer, on the beach, engaged in sports activities, activities, working at a computer and on the psychiatrist's psychiatrist's couch. Santa appears on approximately approximately a quarter of all Hallmark Christmas cards for children. Not surprisingly, children like him best, according to Hallmark, when he's carrying a pack full of toys. Local Sororities Hold Xmas Festivities Çathy Aitken hosted the recent meeting for Xi Zeta Tau, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Sorority, when Elizabeth Bateman presented her program 'Looting Back". Leona Wo- litski, president, conducted the business meeting. Members Members were reminded to bring items for our Christmas Hamper. Lynda Gibson is looking after transferees information. information. At the second meeting in November, Elizabeth Bateman Bateman was hostess. Cathy Aitken involved each member member as she presented her interesting interesting program on the past. Many Christmas traditions traditions such as Holly and Ivy, Yule logs, the wassail Bowl, Hanging of the Greens etc.,' were explained to the chapter chapter members by Marrion Johnston at the chapter's Christmas meeting held at Leona Wolitski's home. Following Following the exchange of Secret Secret Sister gifts, Marrion led us in singing Christmas Carols. Carols. Marrion and Cathy Koenderman have a social planned during the Christmas Christmas Holidays with Xi Zeta Lambda Chapter. Iota Psi hosted the Annual Christmas dinner held December December 9 at the Lion Center. All four Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Sorority Chapters were in attendance. attendance. Before the dinner, the Waverley Twirlers, under under the direction of Joan Tremeer, a sorority sister, entertained us. Following the dinner Heather and Heidi Douglas danced several Highland dances for us. Heidi Heidi and Heather have been taking Scottish dancing lessons lessons tor several years and 'hâve 'Wtin many awards. Mrs. Douglas explained,the : 'origiti 'of many of the dances that the girls performed for us and some of the competitions competitions the girls have entered. Iota Psi invited everyone to remain for the social h that followed. 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