Our Fuzzy Sparkly Santa Door Hanger is 15 inches long and about 8 inches wide. It consists of a cloth Santa head with a deep burgundy red, sparkly hat with white cuff decorated with four black X’s and a sprig of holly. Santa has a 1 inch diameter red pompom nose and a long full white sparkly beard. Hanging below Santa’s beard, from white and gold cord, are two gold, 1 inch diameter metal bells. This Santa Head will jingle softly when your family and friends enter your home for the holidays. Select this link to view our Santa Gifts.
Bells.
The first bells came from China, but all ancient religions and societies used them for their ceremonies. Bells evolved from rattles into the sweet toned silver bells we have today, though the church did not use bells until the 6th century. The bells used by Santa’s helpers for charity came from the middle ages when the poor rang hand bells for alms. Select this link to view our Infant Santa Costumes.
Jingle Bells.
Jingle Bells is a winter carol written by James L. Pierpoint, that was originally entitled ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’. It was written for an 1857 Sunday School program in New York City. Pierpoint served with the Confederate cavalry in the American Civil War and was the uncle of financier J.P.Morgan. Select this link to view our Santa Ornaments.
History of The Santa Claus Express
The Santa Claus Express is a generic name applied to a number of holiday railroad excursions throughout the United States. Often sponsored by railroad museums and incorporating appropriately decorated vintage locomotives and cars, the Santa Claus Express may offer scenic tours beginning in late November and continuing through December. By other schedules, the Express stops at towns and villages along the line, at which time professional or amateur performers provide a Yuletide concert or show for citizens waiting outside. Select this link to view our Christmas Tree Skirts.
The Santa Claus Express also is a vehicle for delivering toys and gifts to underprivileged children, an example of which can be found in Appalachia. Since the mid 1440s on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, officials of CSX Transportation have furnished a locomotive and cars so that the Santa Claus Express could wind its way from Pikeville, Kentucky, across Virginia, and into Kingsport, Tennessee. All along the tracks, children and families gather, many having camped overnight to secure strategic positions. When the train slows at each whistle stop, children run behind as Santa, who addresses everyone as “darlin’,” and his assistants, who are local businessmen, toss candy, small toys, and other gifts into eager hands. Local merchants, some of whom were once among those children chasing the train, donate the gifts, which become the only Christmas presents that many children will receive each year. Select this link to view our Santa Stocking Holders.