The Grapevine – Here Comes Santa Claus

If you’re good, he’ll break into your house and leave presents under a tree. If you’re not, he’ll supply you with valuable fossil fuels. But where did the man with the bag come from? Featuring St. Nicholas, Krampus, Jesus, and more. The gang’s all here.

Sources

• A SYMBOL FOR NUREMBERG: THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTKIND from the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
• Celebrating with the Christkind from CNN
• My Elf on the Shelf and the Legend of Belsnickel from the Huffington Post
• From St. Nicholas to Santa Claus: the surprising origins of Kris Kringle from National Geographic
• The Origin of Krampus, Europe’s Evil Twist on Santa from Smithsonian Magazine
• What is the Belsnickel? Why is it part of a Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas? from PennLive
• Who is Krampus? Explaining the horrific Christmas beast from National Geographic
• Who is Zwarte Piet? from Virginia Quarterly Review

Music

• Christmas Village by Aaron Kenny
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
  Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/