Baba Krismasi

Baba Krismasi ni mtu wa kufikirika anayedhaniwa kuleta zawadi hasa kwa watoto wema usiku wa Noeli.

Asili yake ni mtu halisi, mtakatifu Nikolasi wa Myra, askofu aliyejulikana kwa ukarimu wake. Ndiyo sababu kwa kawaida kwa Kiingereza anaitwa Santa Claus (yaani Mtakatifu Nikolaus).

Marejeo

• Belk, Russell. 1989. "Materialism with the modern U.S. Christmas”. In Interpretive Consumer Research, ed. by Elizabeth C. Hirschman, Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research, 75–104.
• Bowler, Gerry, Editor (2004). The World Encyclopedia of Christmas, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. ISBN 978-0-7710-1535-9 (0-7710-1535-6)
• Bowler, Gerry, (2007). Santa Claus: A Biography, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. ISBN 978-0-7710-1668-4 (0-7710-1668-9)
• Crump, William D. Editor (2006). The Christmas Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7864-2293-7
• Nissenbaum, Stephen (1997). The Battle for Christmas, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 978-0-679-74038-4 (0-679-74038-4)

Marejeo mengine

• Without Magic, Santa Would Need 12 Million Employees. All Things Considered. NPR (19 December 2012). Iliwekwa mnamo 20 December 2012.

Viungo vya nje

• An article on the History of Santa Claus from the St. Nicholas Center
• The History of Santa Claus and Father Christmas
• North Pole Flooded With Letters—MSNBC
• Research guides for Thomas Nast and Santa Claus at The Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, NJ
• "THE KNICKERBOCKERS RESCUE SANTA CLAUS: 'CLAAS SCHLASCHENSCHLINGER' from James Kirke Paulding's 'The Book of Saint Nicholas'" (1836)

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