Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus
Right down Santa Claus lane
Vixen, Blitzen, all his reindeer
Pulling on the reins
In Washington Irving's History of New York (1809), Sinterklaas was Americanized into "Santa Claus" (a name first used in the American press in 1773). He was portrayed as a thick-bellied Dutch sailor with a pipe in a green winter coat. Irving's book was a lampoon of the Dutch culture of New York, and much of this portrait is his joking invention.
According to Guinness World Records, the largest recorded Christmas stocking measured 51 m 35 cm (168 ft 5.65 in) in length and 21 m 63 cm (70 ft 11.57 in) in width (heel to toe) and was produced by a volunteer emergency services organisation in Carrara, Tuscany, Italy, on January 5, 2011. To fulfill the Guinness guideline that the stocking contain presents, volunteers filled it with balloons containing sweets.
"Santa Baby" was a huge hit for Kitt, and she later said that it was one of her favorite songs to record; she reprised it in the 1954 film New Faces.
Comedian Adam Sandler sings about Jewish children feeling alienated during the Christmas season and lists Jewish celebrities (both real and fictional) as a way of sympathizing with their situation.
Originally recorded by Jimmy Boyd when he was 13 years old, this song reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in December 1952.
Jones' recording of "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" was a number-one hit in 1948.
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