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Posted - December 19 2003 : 06:53:15 AM
"... Aggy! remember that there will be a visit from Santa Claus * to-night.”
* The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as he is termed, were never forgotten among the inhabitants of New York, until the emigration from New England brought in the opinions and usages of the Puritans, like the “bon homme de Noel.” he arrives at each Christmas.
- a footnote to arriving home in Templton, from The Pioneers by J. F. Cooper