I never wanted something like that to happen. „
In these identities he came to the New World with the stories and traditions of the emigrants. There it gained significantly – less through the good diet than through the pen of the writer Washington Irving, who published it in his 1809 "History of New York" sketched as a pot-bellied, pipe-smacking benefactor.
That was the starting point for the American Marble shortly after the turn of the 20th century & Toy Manufacturing Company added the small, blue-clad figure to its production program. The company made most of its money with marbles. Its founder, Samuel C. Dyke, revolutionized the toy market when he invented a machine that could mass-produce the ceramic balls.
As a result, prices fell dramatically – for just a penny you suddenly got a handful of marbles. "Commies" The kids called the assembly line marbles because they soon got the "most common" – the most common – marbles were next to the rare, because more expensive, glass marbles. Dyke built an empire with the bullets. A million marbles rolled out of the gates of the American Marble every day & Toy Manufacturing Company out into the world, enough to fill five freight cars with it.
Toy empire
Soon the company was the largest toy factory in the United States. The success attracted more entrepreneurs and made Akron the stronghold of the American toy industry. Other toys were added to the marbles, mainly so-called penny toys, cheap figurines made of clay. Small animals, household items – and also little Santa Claus in his blue coat.
Little blue Santa Claus survived the 1904 fire in the American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company raged. (Source: The American Toy Marble Museum Akron, Ohio, USA)
The blue Santa Claus owes its good state of preservation to the tragic end of the toy factory. In 1904 the American Marble went & Toy Manufacturing Company in flames. "It was a sad event, but a lucky day for the city’s young marble collectors"comments Michael Cohill, director of the American Toy and Marble Museum, who collaborated with excavator Bill Graham to research the character’s history.
Because as soon as the smoking ruins could be entered again, the children of the city roamed through the rubble. "The next morning all the little boys from Akron came and filled their pockets with marbles." In the end, the police had to come, chase the children away and fill in the charred remains of the factory in order to thwart further forays.
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Sealed under the layer of earth, the marbles, the penny toys and little Santa Claus in his blue coat survived the decades. "It’s a wish Santa Claus"explains Cohill. "You can take it in your hand, make a very firm wish – and it will come true at Christmas."
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Munich (dpa) – Soon it will be that time again: Santa Claus is coming! The children read him songs and poems and they are particularly impressed when they are allowed to hold the crosier of the saint during his visit, whose feast day is celebrated on December 6th.
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Nicholas Diploma
But what does a good Santa need? Those who are interested learn that in courses, as recently in Freising near Munich. "Nicholas is difficult to come because he was a real human friend"says the cathedral capitular and Nicholas expert Dominik Meiering from Cologne, who has edited a manual for Nicholas with Stefan Lesting. Santa Claus has a good image. "Santa Claus only has consumerism and commerce."
In Freising, several young men want to acquire the Nikolaus diploma. "When you go through the door, bow your head first", advises Landshut youth chaplain Andreas Steinhauser. That makes sense. Because when St. Nicholas wears the miter, the bishop’s hat, some doors are too small. Also a white undergarment, a red choir coat, the book of St. Nicholas and the crosier are part of the equipment.
Johannes Pongratz from Freising has just put on his clothes. The white, curly beard is still a bit crooked, but otherwise the 23-year-old looks convincing. "You automatically become calmer, more serious and feel sublime", notes Pongratz. He is especially looking forward to the children "to see the flash in the eyes when they slowly thaw and walk towards Santa Claus."
The Nicholas experience
Making people happy – that is important with Santa Claus. "Saint Martin is the symbol for sharing and Santa Claus for giving"Meiering is convinced. But what gifts does he bring besides the chocolate Santa Claus? As a saint, Steinhauser had to hand over laptops and skis to the children. "Meanwhile, many parents are thinking of the traditional Santa Claus bags." Nuts, mandarins, gingerbread, maybe a book or a little game.
Meiering has another tip: "Sometimes there is more time, love, to do something together. Most people are more than full." The most important thing is the experience anyway. "Nobody remembers what was in the bag, but everyone remembers what kind of atmosphere it was when Santa Claus came."
Rewarding or Punishing?
Nicholas as a merciful man who loves children – the legends tell of all sorts of miracles that the Bishop of Myra is said to have performed around the year 300. He is said to have given poor children golden apples, virgins organized the money for marriage and helped starving people with grain.
Nicholas the miracle worker – but not in all families. Some parents threaten if the children are not good: Wait until Santa Claus comes, he’ll scold you. In the past he often had a chain rattling companion, depending on the region Knecht Rupprecht or the Krampus. He puts bad children in the sack, so the warning that triggered some nightmares.
A punishing Santa Claus who sees everything and notes it in his book? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that. The parents write the notes and give them to him in advance, sometimes veritable registers of sins. "I take it out of my mind not to read out certain criticisms"says Steinhauser. "The praise must prevail."
"Nicholas manual"
The "Nicholas manual" agrees with him: The public listing of allegedly bad behavior is shameful and degrading for children. "Never allow yourself to be abused as a parenting worker", is it [called. "Santa Claus is not there to make promises of improvement, to check prayers or to elicit good resolutions."
The men in Freising learned a lot in their course. Could women also take part? Meiering, former vicar general in Cologne, has already trained women. "The best thing is to find a man who does it. But I wouldn’t make a problem of it. It is important that St. Nicholas can be experienced."
Because the content of Christian holidays is fading, it says in the manual. But Nicholas is still known as a matter of course in tradition. "The aim is to uncover the glowing coal under the ashes and, based on Saint Nicholas, to awaken a new sense of the Advent season and the coming of Jesus Christ." And to convey an important, highly topical message: stand up for people in need.
Literature:
Ed. Dominik Meiering and Stefan Lesting: Nikolaus Handbook – Practical Tips for Nicholas Actors, 2nd edition, Verlag Haus Altenberg, Cologne 2017, 60 pages, 9.90 euros, ISBN-13: 978-3-7761-0337-3
The furor of some corona deniers takes on bizarre forms. In Lower Franconia, a café operator has now been attacked for offering chocolate Santa Claus with a face mask.
A chocolate Santa Claus with a face mask – the idea of a Lower Franconian confectionery has caused hostility in social networks. "I didn’t want to step on anyone’s feet. That was just meant as a gag", said Herbert Häcker, owner of Café Heintz in Bad Königshofen in Grabfeld.
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On Facebook there were comments like "abnormal", "We hope you go bankrupt" and "Shame on you". The pastry shop assumes that they are corona deniers and people who see Saint Nicholas vilified.
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In the meantime, positive comments are piling up on Facebook under the pictures and there are a lot of orders. As early as Easter, the pastry shop presented Easter bunnies with face masks – nobody had complained about that.
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Augsburg (AP) – In the process of the fatal dispute on St. Nicholas Day 2019 at Augsburg’s Königsplatz, the main defendant admitted the fatal blow in court.
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At the beginning of the trial at the Augsburg regional court, the 17-year-old had his defense lawyers read out a corresponding statement.
The youth has to answer to the youth chamber for the death of a 49-year-old father. According to the indictment, he killed the man in an argument with a single punch and is charged with fatal bodily harm. The victim’s head tore through the force of the blow, and the 49-year-old bled to death within minutes.
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When he heard that the man had died as a result of his blow, he was stunned, the youth said in the statement. "I never wanted something like this to happen."
The act made headlines across Germany last December. Since the victim was a member of the professional fire brigade in Augsburg, members of other fire brigades in Germany also thought of the victim.
The trigger was that on the evening of December 6, 2019, two befriended couples met a group of young people in the busy square after visiting the Augsburg Christmas market. In the process, an initially verbal argument developed between the two men and a total of seven young people about a cigarette that a young person wanted to scrounge from the adults.
The 17-year-old stated that the 49-year-old then pushed one of his buddies to the ground. Because he was afraid for his friend, the 17-year-old was then violent against the man: "I hit him with a punch and he went down immediately." He remembers the other events only vaguely. Before the crime, the young people were out and about in the city and drank a lot of alcohol.
With his declaration, the young person described the crime largely as it is presented in the indictment. The young people had fled at the time, but they could be found by the police very quickly. Because Augsburg’s Königsplatz is monitored by the police via video.
The main defendant, who is a German, Lebanese and Turkish national, is also accused, along with two others from the group, of beating up the 50-year-old second man in the trial. The trio must therefore answer for collective bodily harm. The court has earmarked a total of eight trial days, and the judgment could be pronounced in early November.
Surprise for little patients: disguised as Santa Claus and superheroes, fire brigade height rescuers caused a sensation at the Hamburg Children’s University Hospital.
Fire-brigade height rescuers surprised little patients on St. Nicholas Day at the Children’s University Hospital in Hamburg. Disguised as Santa Claus and superheroes, they roped down from the roof of the clinic building on Sunday to distract the children from everyday hospital life.
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