Santa Claus around the World

Sung Tan Chuk Ha

(Merry Christmas in Korean)

decorating the Cheonggyecheon stream,

Seoul, South Korea

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I have had a little fun this morning checking out pictures of Christmas

and Santa Claus from around the world.

I found a very nice picture stream at

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Here is another fun picture from Seoul, South Korea

with 2 divers in the Coex Aquarium having a bit of Santa Fun -

yep, those are Santa scuba diver outfits!

Here is a die-hard water ski fanatic,

Maryland National Harbor, Maryland, USA

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Evidently some people cannot celebrate Christmas

without getting extremely cold and/or wet!

(I do not count myself in their group! Give me a nice warm fire....)

These popsicles are in the frozen Oranke Lake, Berlin, Germany.

They belong to an ice swim club "Seehunde Berlin".

and yes....that looks like a Mrs. Claus bikini to me!

Another waterlogged Santa:

feeding a sea turtle in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Although it IS nice to remember God's creatures on the special event

of God's gift to us - Jesus Christ.

"Woodland Santa"

A wonderful painting by one of my absolute faves -

Scott Gustafson.

You can find his incredible paintings at http://www.scottgustafson.com/

Why not try your hand at drawing Santa Claus?

Thanks to Dover Publications for sharing!

I'm sure you all know that 'Santa Claus' is called many different names

throughout the world.

In many Eastern European countries,

he is called "Grandfather Frost"

and is accompanied by the "Snow Maiden".

Grandfather Frost (Ded Moroz) and the Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)

Minsk, Belarus

a Russian Saint Nicholas

Here is a traditional (to the USA) Santa Claus,

enjoying some extreme skiing -

Tim Lawler dressed as Santa Claus

Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

That's close to my stomping grounds!

a Palestinian boy lights a candle at Christmas Eve mass,

Gaza City, Palestinian territories

It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas,

When it’s mighty Founder was a child Himself.”

--Charles Dickens

Jirasartwitthay elementary school -

Ayutthaya, Thailand

I have enjoyed this bit of international Santa Claus

and I have much more to share, later!

Have a great day,

and buy a small present for someone you don't usually give a gift to!

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A mahout with his elephant at

Some Holiday Paperdoll Joy

Chuc Mung Giang Sinh

Chuc Mung Tan Nien

(Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Vietnamese)

Today is cold, with the snow leftover from a few days ago.

Not much melting when it only gets to 21'F!

Tanner has been keeping warm curled up on the couch,

with his nose tucked in under his paws.

He has a big nose.

Good thing he has big paws!

Here are some wonderful Joan Walsh Anglund activity pages with paperdolls -

I had a friend in High School who drew little characters very similar to JWAnglund.

Whenever I see JWAnglund's, I think of her.

Nice memory.

Next is a wonderfully drawn Russian Santa Claus -

To finish today, here is a colored Santa from one of Dover's

many books for coloring, stained glass look, velvet look,

and more!

and one from Poland for you to color!

Have a fun day.

Don't forget to smile at someone who you normally wouldn't,

like the mailman, or the sweeper, or the newstand guy....

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It's a Holly Jolly Santa!

Aapko Christh Janam Din ki badhai

(Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in Hindi)



vintage clip

Today I want to have a little fun with the upcoming holidays,

and Santa Claus!

Today is my last day to get everything ready

and packed and in my van because

TOMORROW

starts my 2-day Craft Fair.

Yeah, you're probably tired of hearing about it, so let's get into some

Father Christmas

or

Grandfather Frost

or

Saint Nicholas

or

Santa Claus

or

There are many names that across the world are

attributed to the same basic character.

After this weekend I hope to get into some of the different

Santa Claus legends and stories from all over the world.

Not today!

This free clip art is SUPER to cut out!

Be careful with the really thin outline lines,

but he will look great when you mat him on a piece of red paper, won't he?

 

Take just a little bit more time, and you can put some silver paper

behind his belt buckle.  Add a little flesh-toned paper behind his face,

but be sure and leave the eyebrows alone.

 

 

A fun little puzzle to do on your lunch break, or to tuck into your kid's lunchbox:

a vintage crate label

Hi Mom and Dad in Santa Paula!

Here is a vintage paper puppet craft:

Trace the outlines, and have your kids color Santa in their favorite colors.

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This picture is copyrighted I believe. Check on their website.

The Vintage Workshop has this great sign-up where you get one FREE image from their HUGE library of vintage images, per month.

I have enjoyed many of their free images.

They also carry way-cool items that you can use to make things with the images.

A few are -iron-on computer paper, fabric computer paper,

and tons of images, in really good groupings

or singles!

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Well, I'm off to count inventory,

finish my displays and display board

find my price tags (gggrrrrrrrr)

price and tag things

finish my price sheet cheat sheet for my helpers;

(I have 2 for Saturday! Yippee!)

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go to the bank

go to WalMart for picture stands and rubber cement

and then IF I have time

finish 2 more ABC books to sell

finish 10 ornament tags that need ribbon

wash tablecloths

find sheets are something to cover my tables Saturday night

get 3 Thank You cards ready for my 3 helpers

Call one helper to arrange transportation

clean up my sprawling mess in the family room,

flowing into the kitchen eating area

and piled in the dining room!

vintage Christmas record

Oh, I just better stop this blog and go do those things!!!

:0)

hugs,

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