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Facts About Christmas You Maybe Didn't Know | Discover The World https://www.facebook.com/thetreeofknowledge/ "Christmas Rap" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ We all love Christmas, but how much do any of us actually know about why Christmas is the way it is? One of the reasons we leave milk and cookies for Santa is because Dutch kids would leave food and drink for St. Nicholas on his feast day. And we leave carrots for Santa Claus’ reindeer because, in Norse mythology, people left hay and treats for Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir “in hopes the god would stop by their home during his Yule hunting adventures.” Dutch children adopted this tradition too, and would treats for St. Nick’s horse. The look of Santa Claus we have today was created at an 1804 meeting of the New York Historical Society, where member John Pintard handed out wooden cutouts of jolly old St. Nick in front of stockings filled with toys.Though Santa Claus has worn blue and white and green in the past, his traditional red suit came from a 1930s ad by Coca Cola. And the image of him Santa Claus flying in a sleigh started in 1819...and was dreamt up by the same author who created the Headless Horseman, Washington Irving. Rudolph was actually conceived by a department store, Montgomery Ward, as a marketing gimmick to get kids to buy holiday coloring books. Rudolph almost didn’t have a red nose either: At the time, a red nose was a sign of chronic alcoholism and Montgomery Ward thought he would look like a drunkard. Rudolph was almost named Rollo or Reginald. Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. The poem that introduced us to the other eight reindeer, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” actually named dropped Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Duner and Blixem. (Which, like Donner and Blitzen, come from the German words for thunder and lightning.) Over the years, other reindeer have been name checked on Santa’s sleigh team, such as: Flossie, Glossie, Racer, Pacer, Scratcher, Feckless, Ready, Steady, and Fireball (no relation to the whiskey). The Tree of Knowledge is a place where you can find general informations about any area of interests. Our youtube channel is presenting a series of clips wich will help you to understand the facts around you.Here you can visit every section in our channel: History: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMQ6cun088EQnnQXwzWF5SgM Biology: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTeDE_5_4QPZNAcHxlZgylA Places around the world: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMT8hkM25VDDXmS7QDUC2D2w Medical basics: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTzEhyuBxJHyjpcLfveyCHc Curiosities (did you know?): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTfbaj7wuPT5pIlst4Ny27v The full channels playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9lkO3BS8rMTnlKRKfcfZ6Uh0bxgzvn0_ Don’t forget to subscribe! Discover The World Facts About Christmas You Maybe Didn't Know | Discover The World