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- 12/17/15 06:12 AM
I live and practice my real estate business in PA "Dutch" Country. It is fascinating to me to learn and explore the history of this area. In light of the Holiday Season, I want to share with you where the modern day concept of Santa Claus comes from in the PA "Dutch" Community.
It actually comes from two separate German traditions in the 18th and early 19th centuries in rural Pennsylvanian - the Grischtkindel and the Belsnickel.
The Grischtkindel (Christ Child) was the gift bringer on Christmas Eve who rode a lowly mule. Children left a basket of hay for the mule. The Grischtkindel (1 comments)
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