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CHRISTMAS
First Day of Issue: October 22, 1992
First Issue Location: Kansas City, Missouri
The exchange of Christmas gifts is a wonderful tradition
of the holiday season. In many western countries, mytho-
logical figures visit homes on moonlit nights during the
yuletide season and leave presents for each slumbering
inhabitant. In the United States, this figure is Santa Claus,
a character originally based on a bishop of the early
Christian church. Made bishop while a boy, the kindly
Nicholas often strolled his village streets at night and left
presents for children on their doorsteps. For many centu-
ries, the anniversary of his death was celebrated through-
out Europe on December 6 with feasting and merrymak-
ing. Over the next several centuries, this figure appeared
in many other incarnations: Europe's Christkindli or the
Christ Child, England's Father Christmas and America's
Santa Claus. Irrepressibly jolly and unfailingly punctual,
Santa is indeed the man of the Christmas hour, for late
each Christmas Eve he visits every home to bring its
children the toys their hearts desire.
No. 92-127
First Day of Issue Postcard Collection™
©1992 Fleetwood® Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001
Original painting for the First Day of Issue Postcard by Chris Calle
Fleetwood
