"Out of the Forest" #15013 Santa the Hiker! Possible Dreams Clothtique For Sale

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i-Cellar Store Item Ebay Bookmark i-Cellar Christmas time is here again! Item up for Bid This is an American Artist Clothtique Collection (Judi Vaillancourt) by Possible Dreams Figurine titled "Out of the Forest" #15013. This features Santa with a large red sack of gifts, a walking staff, green robe, and a white cloak with green trees and Reindeer design. Here's a link to all our Christmas Santa's! Physical Condition: Mint, I saw no problems. Taken from original box. Gold tag on foot, metal & paper hanging tags. Measurement: Approx 10" tall. Shipping: Normal.------------About Department 56 Santas by Possible Dreams:They are handcrafted sculptures which use a unique blend of stiffened cloth, porcelain and resin, combined with Possible Dreams' life giving artistry.These Santas all come from a meticulous collector in a no smoke home -- most are mint and have not been displayed, in their original box and packaging with tags still attached. If there's any "outstanding" problem with them I'll list it but you can expect it mint or near-mint with minor scuffs scratches, manufacturer pocks, or minuscule wear/chips. Examine our detailed photos for the most accurate and complete item conditions. If you have any questions, please contact us and we'll gladly provide additional data. Terms & Conditions Quickie Payment must be made within 3 days of purchase. USA Returns accepted for 3 days after receipt of item. All items sold AS-IS unless otherwise noted. Shipping costs include time and materials. Insurance is included with S/H.Combined shipping available.FREE Local Pickup in the Pittsburgh area! **CHRISTMAS SHIPPING NOTE** I ship within 3 days of payment, usually the same or next day. All my normal auctions will end by December 13, 2011. I believe Parcel Post will arrive by Christmas if purchased no later than the 13th, but I have no control over post office transit times. If time is critical, please pay immediately after winning. Bid accordingly and Good Luck! This is a quick overview, detailed information is below We welcome any expertise about our items we list. Any information you require or provide helps us all! Here's a Blip:

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or simply "Santa", is the legendary and mythical figure who, in many Western cultures, brings gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24 or on his Feast Day, December 6 (Saint Nicholas Day). The legend may have part of its basis in hagiographical tales concerning the historical figure of gift giver Saint Nicholas.

While Saint Nicholas was originally portrayed wearing bishop's robes, in modern times, Santa Claus is generally depicted as a plump, jolly, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, and films. In the United Kingdom and Europe, his depiction is often identical to the American Santa, but he is commonly called Father Christmas.

One legend associated with Santa says that he lives in the far north, in a land of perpetual snow. The American version of Santa Claus says that he lives at his house in the North Pole, while Father Christmas is often said to reside in the mountains of Korvatunturi in Lapland Province, Finland. Santa Claus lives with his wife Mrs. Claus, a countless number of magical elves, and eight or nine flying reindeer. Another legend of Santa says that he makes a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and that he delivers presents, including toys, candy, and other gifts to all of the good boys and girls in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh.

There has long been opposition to teaching children to believe in Santa Claus. Some Christians say the Santa tradition detracts from the religious origins and purpose of Christmas. Other critics feel that Santa Claus is an elaborate lie, and that it is unethical for parents to teach their children to believe in his existence.[6] Still others oppose Santa Claus as a symbol of the commercialization of the Christmas holiday, or as an intrusion upon their own national traditions.Pre-modern representations of the gift-giver from church history and folklore merged with the British character Father Christmas to create the character known to Britons and Americans as Santa Claus. Father Christmas dates back at least as far as the 17th century in Britain, and pictures of him survive from that era, portraying him as a well-nourished bearded man dressed in a long, green, fur-lined robe. He typified the spirit of good cheer at Christmas, and was reflected in the "Ghost of Christmas Present" in Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol, a great genial man in a green coat lined with fur, who takes Scrooge through the bustling streets of London on the current Christmas morning, sprinkling the essence of Christmas onto the happy populace.

In the British colonies of North America and later the United States, British and Dutch versions of the gift-giver merged further. For example, in Washington Irving's History of New York, (1809), Sinterklaas was Americanized into "Santa Claus" but lost his bishop's apparel, and was at first pictured as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in a green winter coat. Irving's book was a lampoon of the Dutch culture of New York, and much of this portrait is his joking invention.

Modern ideas of Santa Claus seemingly became canon after the publication of the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" (better known today as "The Night Before Christmas") in the Troy, New York, Sentinel on December 23, 1823 anonymously; the poem was later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. In this poem Santa is established as a heavyset man with eight reindeer (who are named for the first time). One of the first artists to define Santa Claus's modern image was Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist of the 19th century. In 1863, a picture of Santa illustrated by Nast appeared in Harper's Weekly.

The legend that Santa Claus lives at the North Pole may also have been a Nast creation. His Christmas image in the Harper's issue dated December 29, 1866 was a collage of engravings titled Santa Claus and His Works, which included the caption "Santa Claussville, N.P."[23] A color collection of Nast's pictures, published in 1869, had a poem also titled "Santa Claus and His Works" by George P. Webster, who wrote that Santa's home was "near the North Pole, in the ice and snow".[24] The legend had become well known by the 1870s. A boy from Colorado writing to the children's magazine The Nursery in late 1874 said, "If we didn't live so very far from the North Pole, I should ask Santa Claus to bring me a donkey."[25]

L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a 1902 children's book, further popularized Santa Claus. Much of Santa Claus's mythos was not set in stone at the time, leaving Baum to give his "Neclaus" (Necile's Little One) a wide variety of immortal support, a home in the Laughing Valley of Hohaho, and ten reindeer which could not fly, but leapt in enormous, flight-like bounds. Claus's immortality was earned, much like his title ("Santa"), decided by a vote of those naturally immortal. This work also established Claus's motives: a happy childhood among immortals. When Ak, Master Woodsman of the World, exposes him to the misery and poverty of children in the outside world, Santa strives to find a way to bring joy into the lives of all children, and eventually invents toys as a principal means.

Images of Santa Claus were further popularized through Haddon Sundblom's depiction of him for The Coca-Cola Company's Christmas advertising in the 1930s. The popularity of the image spawned urban legends that Santa Claus was in fact invented by Coca-Cola or that Santa wears red and white because they are the Coca-Cola colors.[26] In reality, Coca-Cola was not the first soft drink company to utilize the modern image of Santa Claus in its advertising – White Rock Beverages used Santa to sell mineral waterginger ale in 1923. Furthermore, the massive campaign by Coca-Cola simply popularized the depiction of Santa as wearing red and white, in contrast to the variety of colours he wore prior to that campaign; red and white was originally given by Nast.

The image of Santa Claus as a benevolent character became reinforced with its association with charity and philanthropy, particularly organizations such as the Salvation Army. Volunteers dressed as Santa Claus typically became part of fundraising drives to aid needy families at Christmas time.

In 1889, the poet Katherine Lee Bates created a wife for Santa, Mrs. Claus, in the poem "Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride." The 1956 popular song by George Melachrino, "Mrs. Santa Claus," helped standardize and establish the character and role in the popular imagination.

In some images of the early 20th century, Santa was depicted as personally making his toys by hand in a small workshop like a craftsman. Eventually, the idea emerged that he had numerous elves responsible for making the toys, but the toys were still handmade by each individual elf working in the traditional manner.

The concept of Santa Claus continues to inspire writers and artists, as in author Seabury Quinn's 1948 novel Roads, which draws from historical legends to tell the story of Santa and the origins of Christmas. Other modern additions to the "mythology" of Santa include Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the ninth and lead reindeer immortalized in a Gene Autry song, written by a Montgomery Ward copywriter.

Throughout Europe and North America, Santa Claus is generally known as such, but in some countries the gift-giver's name, attributes, date of arrival, and even identity varies.

Albania: Babagjyshi i Krishtlindjeve ("Grandfather Christmas");Babadimri ("Grandfather Winter") Austria: Christkind ("Christ child") Armenia: (Dzmer Papik "Grandfather Winter") Bosnia and Herzegovina: Djeda Mraz (Ded Moroz, "Grandfather Frost") Bulgaria:  ("Grandfather Christmas") Canada: Santa Claus; Père Noël ("Father Christmas") Croatia: Djed Mraz ("Grandfather Frost")  ("Grandfather Christmas") Czech Republic: Svatý Mikuláš ("Saint Nicholas"); Jeå¾íšek (diminutive form of Jeå¾íš ["Jesus"]) Denmark: Julemanden Estonia: Jõuluvana Faroe Islands: Jólamaðurin Finland: Joulupukki France: Père Noël ("Father Christmas," also a common figure in other French-speaking areas) Germany: Weihnachtsmann ("Christmas Man"); Christkind in southern Germany Greece:  ("Saint Basil") Hungary: Mikulás ("Nicholas"); Jézuska or Kis Jézus ("child Jesus") Iceland: Jólasveinn ("Yule Man"). See also the 13 Yule Lads (jólasveinarnir). Ireland: Santa Claus, Santy or Daidí na Nollag (Father Christmas) Italy: Babbo Natale ("Father Christmas"); La Befana (similar to Santa Claus; she rides a broomstick rather than a sleigh, but is not considered a witch); Santa Lucia ("Saint Lucy," a blind old woman who on December 13 brings gifts to children in some regions, riding a donkey); Gesù bambino ("Child Jesus") Latvia: ("Christmas pop") Liechtenstein: Christkind Lithuania: Senis šaltis ("Old Man Frost") ("Christmas Grandfather") Netherlands & Flanders: Kerstman ("Christmas Man") Macedonia:  / Dedo Mraz Norway: Julenissen Poland: ("Saint Nicholas"); Gwiazdor in some regions Portugal: Pai Natal ("Father Christmas"); Menino Jesus ("child Jesus") Romania,Moldova: ("Father Christmas"); ("Father Nicholas") Russia: (Ded Moroz, "Grandfather Frost") Serbia: Deda Mraz (Ded Moroz, "Grandfather Frost") Spain: Reyes Magos (Biblical Magi) is the autochthonous tradition, and representations of the Magi are done in the streets the 6th of January. Due to external influence, Santa Claus (Papá Noel) is becoming more common. Many families have adopted both traditions. Catalonia: Apart from the Reis Mags (Biblical Magi) tradition, in Catalonia there is another local tradition, the Tió de Nadal. Usually this character gives small gifts, the more important gifts being given by the Reis Mags. As in the rest of Spain, the imported Pare Noel (Santa Claus) tradition is becoming more common. Sweden: Jultomten Switzerland: Christkind / Babbo Natale / Père Noël Turkey: Noel Baba ("Father Christmas") Although Turks are mainly Islamic, many homes carry the tradition of "Noel Baba" and a Christmas (or New Year) tree. Turkmenistan: Aýaz baba ("Father Christmas") Ukraine: Svyatyy Mykolay / Did Moroz. United Kingdom: Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Santa, United States: Santa Claus; Kris Kringle; Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick Wales: Siôn Corn ("Chimney John") Detailed Terms and Conditions Payment All items must be paid for by PayPal within 3 days of the end of auction. PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS pay 7% Sales Tax. Shipping Shipping Insurance is already included in Shipping and Handling (or listed as 'required' depending on the listing). Shipping costs vary based on weight, size, amount/type of packaging materials; we never make money on shipping but must cover our costs of packaging materials, time, and prepaid insurance. Sometimes we need to repackage items in larger boxes which puts them into a different shipping category. To avoid increasing your shipping costs, we may switch to a different shipping class (Parcel, Media, Flat Rate, First Class, etc) --  Please contact us if you need expedited shipping. Once your payment has cleared, most orders are processed and shipped out by the next business day (sent 1-2 Business days from the time of payment for the item). Although we package items with care, we are not responsible for items damaged during shipping. Items damaged during shipping are not returnable. If items are damaged during shipping, please keep all the contents and original packaging materials, and contact i-Cellar immediately.

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