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George Harley McKnight. St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
ST. NICHOLAS. CHAPTER I. ST. NICHOLAS, SANTA CLAUS, AND KRIS KRINGLE
CHAPTER II. BIOGRAPHY AND LEGEND
CHAPTER III. THE BOY ST. NICHOLAS AND ST. NICHOLAS THE PATRON SAINT OF SCHOOLBOYS
CHAPTER IV. ST. NICHOLAS AND THE DOWERLESS MAIDENS
CHAPTER V. THE BOY BISHOP, OR NICHOLAS BISHOP
CHAPTER VI. VARIED BENEFICENT ACTIVITY
CHAPTER VII. ST. NICHOLAS PLAYS
CHAPTER VIII. ST. NICHOLAS AS PATRON SAINT
CHAPTER IX. PAGAN HERITAGE OF ST. NICHOLAS
CHAPTER X. ST. NICHOLAS, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH
CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION
Footnote
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
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George Harley McKnight
His Legend and His Rôle in the Christmas Celebration and Other Popular Customs
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But the joys of St. Nicholas’ eve in Holland are not confined to children. It is a time, like the Christmas season in England, for family reunions and the renewal of old memories, also for the giving of presents. But the manner of the Dutch gift-giving has its distinctive features, for:
St. Nicholas’ presents must be hidden and disguised as much as possible and be accompanied by rhymes explaining what the gift is, and for whom St. Nicholas intended it. Sometimes a parcel addressed to one person will finally turn out to be for quite a different member of the family from the one who first received it. For the address on each wrapper in various stages of wrapping, makes it necessary for the parcel to change hands as many times as there are papers to undo. Tiniest things are sent in immense packing cases. Sometimes the gifts are baked in a loaf of bread or hidden in a turf. The longer it takes to find the present, the greater the surprise.
