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The Plane is 4½ inches long, 3½ inches across, 3½ inches tall. Santa is in the front seat waving to all he meets. The rear seat has Santas bag full of toys and gifts. The pland is made of wood and painted red with gold stars on the upper set of wings, green wheels with red and white designs in the center. The propeller actually spins around. Select this link to view our Santa Ornaments.
Biplanes.
A biplane is a fixed wing aircraft with two main wings. The first powered heavier than air aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer, used a biplane design, as did most airplanes in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing. Improved structural techniques and materials, as first pioneered by Hugo Junkers in 1915, and the need for greater speed, made the biplane configuration obsolete for most purposes by the late 1930s. Select this link to view our Santa with Baby Jesus Ornament.
Most biplanes in history have been either designed with the wings positioned directly "one above the other", as first done with the Wright's 1903 Flyer I, or with the upper wing positioned with its leading edge ahead of the lower wing, in a "positive stagger" format. Select this link to view our Santa Flying Airplane.
History of Santa Claus.
Born in the United States of mixed ethnic and religious heritage, Santa Claus embodies the American ideal of the nation as a great melting pot of cultural identities. Santa Claus became an important folk figure in the second half of the nineteenth century, about the time when Americans were beginning to celebrate Christmas in large numbers. Santa Claus bears a good deal of resemblance to his closest relative, the old European gift bringer St. Nicholas. Indeed “St. Nick” serves as one of Santa’s nicknames. Select this link to view our St. Nicholaus and the Meaning of Christmas.
Many popular songs tell of his North Pole and Christmas Eve activities. Nearly every American child can tell you that Santa is a plump, old man with a white beard who wears a baggy red suit and cap trimmed with white fur. Many send letters to his North Pole workshop describing the gifts they would like to receive for Christmas. They eagerly await Christmas Eve, when he loads his sled with toys for good girls and boys and flies around the world, sliding down chimneys to place the presents under decorated Christmas trees. As if to confirm this Christmas fairy tale, men in Santa suits regularly appear on street corners, at office parties, and in department and toy stores around Christmas time. Select this link to view our Miniature Wooden Santa Ornaments.