{"id":47166,"date":"2021-12-18T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T16:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=47166"},"modified":"2021-12-18T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T16:31:21","slug":"book-feature-santa-claus-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/book-feature-santa-claus-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Feature: Santa Claus Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

A History of St. Nicholas and Other Holiday Gift-Bringers<\/h3>\n

Tom A. Jerman, Author<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"Tom Jerman\u2019s extensive knowledge of jolly old St. Nick revealed itself in a big way when what was meant to be a brief introductory chapter in his manuscript on collecting figurines grew to more than 250 pages. \u201cMy editor and I concluded that it made much more sense to complete the history as a thorough, stand-alone history of Santa Claus\u2014broadly defined to include all of the mid-winter gift-givers\u2014and to return to the collector\u2019s guide after the history was published,\u201d says Jerman.<\/p>\n

Since 1985, Jerman\u2019s collection of figurines and ornaments depicting legendary gift-givers from all over the world has grown to more than 4,500 pieces. With the diversity of likenesses, he is hard-pressed to name a favorite. \u201cThe $7.95 Mr. Potato Head Santa is as interesting as the thousand-dollar Christopher Radko Belsnickle,\u201d he says.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the legendary figures he has encountered through the years, however, some have special appeal, including Santeclaus, America\u2019s first Santa; Knecht Ruprecht, an 18th-century German gift-giver; and Old Christmas, also called Father or Sir Christmas, and known, says Jerman, \u201cprimarily for the amount of alcohol he seemed to consume.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santa Claus Worldwide: A History of St. Nicholas and Other Holiday Gift-Bringers, May, 2020, history, paperback, $39.95, by Tom A. Jerman, and published by McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC. The second book in Jerman\u2019s trilogy, a study of authorship of <\/em>\u201cThe Night Before Christmas,\u201d is forthcoming. The collector\u2019s guide will complete the series.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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