[Sca-cooks] Saint Nicholas was Half an outcast!

[Johnna Holloway]

This is very strange. Perhaps the list is down
as nothing is posted to the archives since Sat Dec 23 16:25:03 PST 2006
yesterday. The following was sent last evening at 11 Pm
and it hasn't appeared yet. Johnna



House on the Hill sells St Nicholas cookie molds. The one
of St Nicholas with his donkey dates to the 1600s.

http://www.houseonthehill.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_37&products_id=162

Johnnae
> On Dec 23, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Kathleen A Roberts wrote:
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>> say, how far back does the image of santa claus or saint
>> nicholas go... as we might see it or in period.
Well, since we have some fairly recent images (say, late 19th century)
of Saint Nicholas in his Christmassy incarnation that don't
>> fit the "standard" modern red-suit model, I suspect it's quite  
>> recent. Of course, some of the older images of SC in episcopal garb  
>> might well be period -- _he_ certainly is.
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