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Christmas Eve Myths

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The story of how Santa started giving gifts on Christmas Eve starts, like so many stories of legends, heroes, and myths of the past, long, long ago in a little Mountain village in a far, far away country. The little mountain village is surrounded by a vibrant forest with a variety of trees and animals. In the spring and summer months, it is green and active with wild life. In the winter, the village and the forest are covered with snow. Kris Kringle, is a short jovial man with a big round tummy. He has a friendly smile and the twinkle in his eye that makes even strangers feel at ease talking to him. Like the rest of the men in his mountain village, he wears a long, heavy overcoat to protect him from the winter cold. But Kris's coat is not like the others. …show more content…

Kris had the village tailor make him a coat of what he called happy colors, or a coat of many colors. You can find almost any color in his coat except dark colors. Kris takes great pride in his coat, and it is the subject of many conversations. His hair is white like his bard that hangs below the top button of his coat His long white beard that reached below the top button of his coat. Kris and his wife are friendly and outgoing and are liked by everyone in the village, and they are always ready to help anyone in need. Kris has a big Ho, ho, ho laugh, and when he laughs his belly shake up and down and from side to side. Although they have no children of their own, the old man and his wife enjoyed watching children laugh and play. Kris’s hobby was whittling, and he can carve almost anything out of wood. Like many of the other older people in their village, the Kringle's stay close to home during the cold and snowy winter. He passes the time working on his hobby of

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