These Boot Cuffs are about 6 inches by 18 inches and made of Long Hair Plush with a Velcro closure to allow them to fit almost any size boot. They are perfect for enhancing your own boots to give that real Santa Claus look. These Boot Cuffs even fit over Cowboy Boots to give that Western Cowboy Santa look and feel. With the addition of these plush long hair Boot Cuffs children and adults will be complementing you on how well they make your whole costume look. Select this link to view our Christmas Costumes and Santa Suits.
Gifts, Shoes and Stockings.
In Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia and parts of Germany, folk tradition cast St. Nicholas in the role of a Christmas season gift bringer. Folk representations of St. Nicholas usually portray him as an elderly white bearded man who carries a bishop’s staff and dresses in a red bishop’s robe and miter. This kindly saint distributes presents to others in honor of his feast day. On the night of December 5 he brings fruit, nuts, cookies, candy and other small gifts to well behaved children. Those who have misbehaved too often during the year might receive a stick, warning them of punishment to come. Select this link to view our Santa Claus Suit Accessories.
Children expecting presents on St. Nicholas’s Eve helpfully provide small receptacles in which the saint may deposit his gifts. In the Netherlands children leave their shoes by the fireplace. In Czechoslovakia children attract the saint’s attention with stockings hanging on the window frame. In Austria Nicholas knows to look for children’s shoes on the windowsill. Perhaps inspired by legends of pagan spirits descending into homes via the smoke from the hearth, St. Nicholas often enters homes through the chimney. Select this link to see santa ornaments.
Reindeer Facts.
The Reindeer is a kind of large deer that lives in the northernmost regions of Europe, Asia and North America. The reindeer, which is closely related to the caribou, is often herded and tamed by nomadic people. Select the following link to see collectible santa figurines.
Reindeer differ from most other forms of deer in several ways. Reindeer have larger antlers, larger and wider hoofs and a heavy coat that is grayish brown to almost white. These features help reindeer survive in the cold Arctic. The large hoofs prevent the reindeer from sinking into the snow. Female reindeer are the only kind of female deer except caribou to have antlers. Reindeer often make a variety of noises. When frightened, adults snort and young reindeer bawl. When reindeer walk, their feet make a clicking sound. Select this link to buy a santa wigs and beards.
In summer reindeer may eat grasses and leaves from willows and birches. In winter they paw through the snow to find lichens to eat. In the short Arctic summers, plants grow slowly and cannot stand much grazing. So reindeer move frequently to a new place when their food becomes scarce. They may migrate several hundred miles or kilometers in a year. They are excellent swimmers and can cross rivers. During migration, several thousand reindeer may gather into on herd. By traveling in herds, individual reindeer are protected from their enemies. Animals that prey on reindeer include wolves, lynxes, wolverines and grizzly bears.
Reindeer are very useful to the Lapps of northern Scandinavia. The Lapps are on e of the nomadic people well known for developing much of their way of life around the migrating herds of reindeer. They have trained reindeer to serve as pack animals and to pull sleds and sleighs. They use reindeer skin for boots, clothing and tents. They also drink reindeer milk and kill wild reindeer for meat. In some areas, snowmobiles, trucks, helicopters and two way radios are used to capture and herd the reindeer. Nomads in extreme northern Siberia still herd the reindeer in the old way, following the herds, with their possessions carried on a reindeer pulled sled. Select this link to read Christmas Poem - "Twas the Night before Christmas".
