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Ho-ho-ho! Exploring the true origin of Santa Claus
The spirit of Christmas is universal, but the embodiment of the perennially popular Yuletide figure Santa Claus has a history that began in the unlikeliest of places: New York.
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Kovels Antiques and Collecting: Week of Dec. 20, 2015
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – “Belsnickle” is a German name said by some to be taken from the words “belzen,” meaning “to wallop,” and “Nickel,” a form of the name Nikolas. Others say the name is from “pelz,” the German word for fur.
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Auktionsgespraeche: Grundsätzlich Belsnickle
SAXONY, Deutschland – Vor zwanzig Jahren sagte Lorraine Jones aus Peabody, Massachusetts, zu Ihrem Ehemann, sie wäre zufrieden, wenn sie einen Belsnickel-Süßigkeitenbehälter kaufen würde. Vierundneunzig Belsnickels später hat Lorraine Jones eine kleine Schar der zerbrechlichen deutschen Süßigkeitenbehälter aus papier-mâché gesammelt, an welchen Sie sich das ganze Jahr erfreut. “Ich sehe einen Belsnickel und werde ganz […]
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Auction Talk Germany: Basically Belsnickle
SAXONY, Germany – Twenty years ago, Lorraine Jones of Peabody, Mass.,, told her husband she thought she would be content if she bought just one Belsnickle candy container. Forty-nine Belsnickles later, Jones has collected a small troop of the fragile German papier-mâché candy containers that bring her year-round joy. “I see a Belsnickle and get […]