tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post5731013848918039915..comments2024-03-26T22:40:26.729-04:00Comments on Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else: No, our modern image of Santa Claus did not originate with Coca-Cola in 1931Lee Hartsfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15378950382643333359noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13248979.post-57649592424329239042014-12-12T21:05:14.348-05:002014-12-12T21:05:14.348-05:00Thank you for the seasonal education, Lee - it'...Thank you for the seasonal education, Lee - it's amazing what you pull out of your vaults! Didn't the German-American cartoonist Tomas Nast also influence some of the later nineteenth-century illustrations of Santa Claus? (I'm going by memory; will have to research it further myself.)<br /><br />Also: a few years back, you gave us your own recording of the very-different, 1872 setting of "One-Horse Open Sleigh". Are there other carols in your sheet-music vault that were played/sung differently by the Victorians and Edwardians? If so, would you maybe be able to give us an earful?<br /><br />Thank you as always, good sir; best wishes to you and Bev and your lovely catherd!<br /><br />Merry Christmas Season!<br />A. Gene ChildeAging Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115167212430459035noreply@blogger.com