Our African Santa Claus Ornaments
are approximately 9 inches tall and can also be displayed as a Santa Figurine. These Black Santa Ornaments look simply wonderful wearing a soft red velvet suit with white faux fur trim and a wide black belt. He has a jolly looking face with a black mustache and full grey beard. Black boots finish off his traditional Santa costume. In this Collectible Santa Figurines right arm he is holding a green velvet bag full of wrapped Christmas gifts, candy canes and a red/gold drum. It also has fake pine needle greenery gives this African American Santa Claus Ornaments or figurine a nice final touch. He also has a golden bells wreath hanging over his right arm. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.

The History of The Drum.
The drum is a musical instrument that is played by percussion or striking sharply. A drum is made of an open cylinder or kettle, with a skin called a drum head stretched tightly across the opening. When the drumhead is rapped sharply, it vibrates and produces a sound. This sound is increased, or resonated, by the shell of the drum.
The drum is the most ancient of musical instruments. It has served in all ages as a means of expressing man’s instinctive love of rhythm. Throughout history it has been a method of communication. It has been used as the center of ceremonial dances, for the call to battle and for the requiem for the dead. Much of the vitality of modern popular music would be lost without the rhythmic accent of the drums.
Drums may be divided into those which have a definite pitch and those which do not, such as the snare drum and the bass drum. The bass drum is the largest of all drums and has a deep full tone. A bass drum is made of wood with drumheads held in place by metal tension rods. These can be adjusted to increase the resonance. The bass drum is struck with a beater, the head of which is covered with felt or sheep’s wool. A snare drum measures fourteen of fifteen inches across and from five to ten inches deep. It is built like a bass drum, except that it has strings or snares, of catgut or wire across the under side. These snares vibrate against the head of the drum and the vibration gives the snare drum its special penetrating tone. The drummer uses two wooden sticks in alternate double strokes.
A field drum resembles the snare drum, but is larger and of greater depth in proportion to its diameter. It is used chiefly in military and marching bands and in drum and bugle corps. The timpani, sometimes called kettledrums, are hollow halves of globes made of brass or copper with single drumheads. They are tuned by means of screws or screws and pedals. The pedal permits rapid changes in tuning. Check out our selection of Home Decor Gifts.

History of Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
The song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” was written on the back of an envelope in a bar in 1932 by Haven Gillespie, the music was written by Fred Coots. The song could not find a singer until Eddie Cantor agreed to perform it on his 1934 radio show and in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade that year. The most popular recordings have been by Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters and Perry Como. A total of 70,000,000 copies have been sold. Select to see a complete listing of our Santa Ornaments.