"Santa Claus (horse) Santa Claus (1961–1970) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He is most notable for his achievements as a three-year-old in 1964 when he won the Irish 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby, and the Irish Derby. His performances earned him the title of British Horse of the Year. Santa Claus was a dark-coated bay stallion standing a little over 16.1 hands high, bred in Warwickshire by Dr F Smorfitt. He was sired by the St Leger winner Chamoissaire out of Aunt Clara, a mare who failed to win in her three racecourse appearances. Santa Claus was"
"Liverpool Santa Dash The Liverpool Santa Dash is an annual 5 kilometer fun run held in the first week of December and takes place around Liverpool City Centre. Participants dress up as Santa Claus and along with Las Vegas, Nevada it regularly attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Santa Claus fun run. As of December 2016 it is the holder of this record. Generally the course starts at the city's waterfront next to the Three Graces. From there it goes through the city centre, up towards the Churchill Way flyover before finishing outside the town hall."
"around the world at Christmas time. Each year, during the Christmas season, ""Feliz Navidad"" returns to the airwaves as one of the most-played and most-downloaded songs of the season. ""Feliz Navidad"" is also recognized by ASCAP as one of the 25 all-time most-played Christmas songs in the world. It is in the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1971, he traveled to Italy to participate in the Sanremo Music Festival, singing the song ""Che Sarà"" in Italian, earning second place in that contest along with a standing ovation from the Italian public. He later recorded the song, which became a success"
"Liverpool Santa Data - Official Website Liverpool Santa Dash The Liverpool Santa Dash is an annual 5 kilometer fun run held in the first week of December and takes place around Liverpool City Centre. Participants dress up as Santa Claus and along with Las Vegas, Nevada it regularly attempts to break the Guinness World Record for the largest Santa Claus fun run. As of December 2016 it is the holder of this record. Generally the course starts at the city's waterfront next to the Three Graces. From there it goes through the city centre, up towards the Churchill Way flyover"
"""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"". He wrote ""Here Comes Santa Claus"" after being the Grand Marshal of the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade (Now the Hollywood Christmas Parade). He heard all of the spectators watching the parade saying ""Here comes Santa Claus!"" virtually handing him the title for his song. He recorded his version of the song in 1947 and it became an instant classic. Autry was the original owner of Challenge Records. The label's biggest hit was ""Tequila"" by The Champs in 1958, which started the rock-and-roll instrumental craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He sold the label"
"other amusement park in the world, as of 2016. Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Holiday World & Splashin' Safari (known as Santa Claus Land prior to 1984) is a combination theme park and water park located near Interstate 64 and U.S. 231 in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The theme park is divided into four sections that celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July with rides, live entertainment, games, and attractions. Holiday World is known for its three wooden roller coasters: ""The Raven"", ""The Legend"", and ""The Voyage"", as well as for ""Thunderbird"", a B&M launched Wing Coaster"
"featuring Santa Claus and a film star. Originally called the ""Santa Claus Lane Parade"", the inaugural event featured only Santa Claus and the actress Jeanette Loff. The parade continued to grow in scale with the help of local businesses and the community. In 1931 Santa Claus rode a truck-pulled float instead of the reindeer-pulled carriage of previous years. American Legion Post 43 marched with a color guard, drum line and bugle corps. The Parade was suspended from 1942 to 1944 due to World War II, but reopened in 1945 with record attendance. In 1946 Gene Autry rode his horse in"
"he wanted to breathe life into the tiny town of Santa Claus. He started a mail-order gift shop, and, in 1946, a small theme park that he called Santa Claus Land. At first, Bill Koch didn't think much of his father's project. ""I thought it was sort of a folly,"" he said later. ""I didn't think it would go anywhere."" In 1955, Ronald Reagan, then an actor and spokesman for General Electric, stopped for a visit. And the park steadily grew from there. In 1984, Koch and his family decided to include other holidays (namely Halloween and Fourth of July)"
"Holiday World & Splashin' Safari Holiday World & Splashin' Safari (known as Santa Claus Land prior to 1984) is a combination theme park and water park located near Interstate 64 and U.S. 231 in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. The theme park is divided into four sections that celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July with rides, live entertainment, games, and attractions. Holiday World is known for its three wooden roller coasters: ""The Raven"", ""The Legend"", and ""The Voyage"", as well as for ""Thunderbird"", a B&M launched Wing Coaster and The Howler. The safari-themed water park includes the"
"chart; however, a pairing of ""Blue Christmas"" b/w ""White Christmas"" became a Top 20 UK hit in late 1964. ""Santa Claus Is Back In Town""/""Blue Christmas"" was a 1965 single release for the US market, and reached number 4 on the Billboard Christmas Singles chart. ""Blue Christmas"" would re-enter the Christmas or Holiday Singles chart many times in the years that follow. Two different EPs, ""Elvis Sings Christmas Songs"", EPA 4108 in December 1957, and ""Christmas with Elvis"", EPA 4340 in December 1958, divided the eight Christmas numbers between them. The former topped the newly established Billboard EP Chart, while"
"Santa Claus home. Bill Koch died at his home in Santa Claus on September 17, 2001, at the age of 86. Following his death, and in recognition of the many developments he was responsible for, the state of Indiana named Indiana State Highway 162 from Gentryville to Interstate 64 as the ""William A. Koch Memorial Highway."" William A. Koch William Albert ""Bill"" Koch, Sr. developed what is today known as Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, the oldest and one of the best-known theme parks in the United States. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Koch was the"
"of ""Time"" magazine in 1961. During the time the Great Tree was at the downtown Rich's store, it was undeniably the biggest Christmas-time attraction in the southeastern United States. Parents from around the South brought their children to downtown Atlanta expressly to experience this attraction and have their picture taken with the Rich's store Santa Claus. Millions of children and their parents made the annual migration during its tenure. The Pink Pig was an immensely popular attraction in its own right. Decades after the original Pink Pig was retired, many Atlanta natives who rode the pig as children fondly reminisce"
"Santa Claus float, the arrival of which is an unofficial sign of the beginning of the Christmas season. It is billed as the world's largest parade. The oldest Thanksgiving Day parade is the Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which launched in 1920 and takes place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia's parade was long associated with Gimbels, a prominent Macy's rival, until that store closed in 1986. Its current sponsors are WPVI-TV, the channel 6 ABC affiliate in Philadelphia; and Dunkin' Donuts donut chain. Founded in 1924, the same year as the Macy's parade, America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit is one of the"
"that the real Santa Claus is sick and ask him to substitute for Santa and deliver presents to children around the world. Throughout his journey to countries worldwide on Santa's sleigh, Fred shouts Christmas greetings in French, Italian, German, Dutch, English and Swedish and also sings a reprise of ""Christmas is My Fav'rite Time of Year"". First broadcast in 1964, the episode was produced and directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, under Hanna-Barbera. Turner Home Entertainment released the episode on VHS as ""How The Flintstones Saved Christmas"". Warner Home Video released the episode on DVD in Region 1 on"
"Rendered with a pop-soul feel, the Jackson 5's versions of ""I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"" and ""Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"" remain frequent radio requests during the holiday season. The album spent all four weeks at the number one position on Billboard magazine's special Christmas Albums chart that the magazine published in December 1970, making it the best-selling holiday album of that year. It has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.[2] In 2003, Universal Motown re-released the album with ""Little Christmas Tree"" (from A Motown Christmas). In 2009, this configuration was released as Ultimate Christmas Collection with Christmas"
"his release to the press, Oldfield added that ""CONAD, Army, Navy and Marine Air Forces will continue to track and guard Santa and his sleigh on his trip to and from the U.S. against possible attack from those who do not believe in Christmas."" Over the following years, the legend of how the annual event originated began to change. By 1961, Shoup's version of the story was that he had not been gruff with the child, but instead had identified himself as Santa Claus when he spoke to the child on the phone. Shoup and his family later modified the"
"Santa Suits. In 1944, Howard left McCurdy's Department Store in Rochester and entered the employ of Adam, Meldrum & Anderson in Buffalo, New York. He remained in that role until he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1948, collapsing on the job. From 1948 to 1965, he was the featured Santa Claus in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, perhaps the most visible Santa in the United States. Howard died in 1966 near his home in Albion. Christmas Park, which had attracted 80,000 visitors yearly at its peak, closed, and his Santa Claus School was moved to Midland, Michigan. Today, the Charles"
"from the Department of Welfare in Baltimore. The idea was that a gift from a parent is appreciated more by the children than a gift received from a stranger. In 1948, the group started an annual dance to benefit their mission. By 1956, the group changed the organization's name from Christmas Party, Inc to Santa Claus Anonymous. The organization's major activities include two annual events: a marathon football event and a wine and beer tasting event held during December. Baltimore Santa Claus Anonymous Santa Claus Anonymous, Inc is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a long time, Baltimore City based"
"A Carol for Another Christmas A Carol for Another Christmas (also known as Carol for Another Christmas) is a 1964 American television film, scripted by Rod Serling as a modernization of Charles Dickens' ""A Christmas Carol"" and a plea for global cooperation. It was the first in a planned series of television specials developed to promote the United Nations and educate viewers about its mission. Originally televised on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network on December 28, 1964, it was not shown again for 48 years, until Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast it on December 16, 2012. The film was"
"informed him that the Associated Press and United Press International were awaiting reports that CONAD again was tracking Santa Claus. Shoup agreed that Oldfield should announce it again, and the annual tradition was born. In 1958, the North America Air Defense Command (NORAD) took over the reporting responsibility from CONAD, and the reporting became more elaborate as the years passed. On December 24, 1960, for example, NORAD's northern command post at Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada, provided regular updates of a sleigh operated by ""S. Claus"" which it identified as ""undoubtedly friendly"". During the evening, NORAD reported that the sleigh had made"
"citywide Christmas celebrations, known as Gran Festival Navideño, Mexico City holds a parade on Eje Central. The 2011 version featured mobile machines that blew artificial snow on participants and spectators. This parade has been telecast on the Televisa and Azteca networks, with Televisa's coverage being the official coverage and being the most-widely aired coverage, being broadcast in other Spanish-speaking countries and on Galavision in the United States. Elsewhere, especially in Commonwealth countries outside Canada, Santa Claus parades are usually known as Christmas pageants. The largest is the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, which was begun in 1933 and is held annually in"
"parade, known today as the Art Van Santa Parade, made history in 1971 when it became the first parade to end with the arrival of an African-American Santa Claus. The Hollywood Christmas Parade (formerly The Santa Claus Lane Parade) in Southern California is a seasonal tradition that somewhat competes with the Rose Parade and the Doo Dah Parade. Gene Autry wrote the well known Christmas song ""Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)."" after hearing children on the Santa Claus Lane Parade route yelling ""Here Comes Santa Claus!"" upon glimpsing Santa in the distance. As part of its"
"as visits to department store Santas and letter writing to Santa at the North Pole remained intact during America's post-War years, but the era generated contributions that have endured to become traditions. NORAD's tracking of Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve, for example, was initiated in 1955 and has become an annual tradition. The stop motion animated film, ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"" remains an annual telecast on American television—more than fifty years after its debut, and Dr. Seuss's ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" of 1957 has become a literary Christmas classic. Several Christmas firsts mark the post-War era that include the"
"Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those used in the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (commonly called ""The Night Before Christmas"") by Clement Clarke Moore, arguably the basis of the reindeers' popularity. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"" has led to Rudolph often joining the list, bringing the number"
"""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1947). Moviefone listed the two movies as number two and three respectively in their ""25 Best Christmas Movies of All Time"". ""The Times"" of London, in a similar ranking, had the two in tenth and eight respectively, while placing fourth 1942's ""Holiday Inn"", the movie that launched Bing Crosby's ""White Christmas"". Particularly Frank Capra's ""It's a Wonderful Life"", starring James Stewart has been called ""a testament to the family values of small-town America just after WWII."" ""Santa Claus Conquers the Martians"" (1964) regularly appears on lists of the worst films"
"1963 (for the weeks ending November 30, 1963 through December 28, 1963), ""The Andy Williams Christmas Album"" was the number one selling Christmas album, while Williams' cover of ""White Christmas"" was the number one selling Christmas single. ""The Andy Williams Christmas Album"" spent three weeks as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1964, and one week as the number one selling Christmas album during the holiday season of 1965. It charted on ""Billboard""'s Christmas Albums chart at least one week for each of the years that the chart was published. In 2018, when separate Christmas"
"then followed by Christmas presentations through the holiday season. Rituals surrounding Santa Claus such as department store visits to the ""jolly old elf"", and letter writing to his North Pole workshop remained intact during the post-War era. New to the mix was Santa's Workshop (one of the first theme parks in the US), and NORAD's tracking of Santa's sleigh via radar on Christmas Eve. In Cleveland, Ohio, a costumed character called Mr. Jingeling entertained shoppers annually at Halle's Department Store during the season. In 1949, one of the first theme parks in the United States, Santa's Workshop, was constructed near"
"before Christmas, its subject was not the nativity but 'A Visit from St. Nicholas.' So it would be Santa Claus, not Jesus of Nazareth, whose influence finally succeeded in transforming Christmas from a season of misrule into a day of quieter family pleasures. In 1856, Christmas became a public holiday in Massachusetts. As late as 1870, classes were scheduled in Boston public schools on Christmas Day and punishments were doled out to children who chose to stay home beneath the Christmas tree. One commentator hinted that the Puritans viewed Santa Claus as the Anti-Christ. In the aftermath of the American"
"the present distance of 15 km, having won his very first race in São Paulo with a time of 43 minutes and 12 seconds. <div id=""1""> Brazilians won 18 times in the national era, and 11 times in the international era. <div id=""2""> Italy only won in the national era, with the Italo-Brazilian, Heitor Blasi. Saint Silvester Road Race The Saint Silvester Road Race () is a long-distance running event, the oldest and most prestigious street race in Brazil. Regarded as the main international event in Latin American athletics, the Brazilian competition is held yearly in the city of São"
"Santa Claus Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved (""good"" or ""nice"") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). The modern Santa Claus grew out of traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas (a fourth-century Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra), the British figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of ""Sinterklaas"" (himself also based on Saint Nicholas). Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed"
"Christmas Kettle The Christmas Kettle (also referred to as the Red Kettle due to its color) is The Salvation Army's most famous street campaign. It is most recognized during the Christmas season through its volunteers who stand outside of businesses and play or sing Christmas carols, or ring bells to inspire passersby to place donations of cash and checks inside the trademark red kettles. A tradition on the ""kettle"" started in 1891, in San Francisco, by Salvation Army officer Captain Joseph McFee. Captain McFee, resolving to provide a free Christmas dinner to the poor of San Francisco, remembered a sight"
"a safari. Upon admission to Holiday World, guests immediately enter the Christmas section. The Christmas section is the oldest section of Holiday World, dating back to 1946. It was also the only themed area of the park until 1984. Although devoid of any major rides, there is a small sub-section called Rudolph's Reindeer Ranch which is home to several small children's rides. Notable landmarks in this section include a Santa Claus statue, a Christmas tree, a nativity scene, and the Applause fountain, which was added after the park was awarded the IAAPA Applause Award in 2004. The Christmas section of"
"in Southtown during a snowfall. The next day, the children, including Iggy, are delighted to receive their presents. As the special ends, Mrs. Claus narrates that somehow, ""yearly, newly, faithfully and truly,"" Santa always comes. Santa is shown getting out of bed to prepare himself, his reindeer, and his gift-loaded sleigh, remarking he could never imagine ""a year without a Santa Claus."" The special premiered in 1974 on ABC, and aired annually on Freeform during its 25 Days of Christmas programming block until 2017. As of 2018, AMC currently airs the special uncut. Warner Bros. is the show's current distributor"