Featured Work
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VINTAGE RETRO NAST SANTA CLAUS by LINDA JONES
10X10 ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD..THIS IS MY TAKE OF THE OLD THOMAS NAST CLOTH FROM THE LATE 1800S.. Honored to be Featured in / THE BUYERS CLUB Honored to be Featured in / ACRYLIC PAINTERS GROUP
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Saint Nicholas ~ Santa Red Berries by Sharon Mau
© 2008 Sharon Anne Mau / Photographed in the wonderful world famous Santa Claus House, North Pole Alaska / Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Featured in Inspired Art group 22 December 2008 Featured in Cards: Best of Your Best group 22 December 2008 “Numerous parallels have been drawn between Santa Claus and the figure of Odin, a major god amongst the Germanic peoples prior to their Christianization. Since many of these elements are unrelated to Christianity, there are theories regarding the pagan origins of various customs of the holiday stemming from areas where the Germanic peoples were Christianized and retained elements of their indigenous traditions, surviving in various forms into modern depictions of Santa Claus.[12] Odin was sometimes recorded, at the native Germanic holiday of Yule, as leading a great hunting party through the sky.[13] Two books from Iceland, the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, describe Odin as riding an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir that could leap great distances, giving rise to comparisons to Santa Claus’s reindeer.[14] Further, Odin was referred to by many names in Skaldic poetry, some of which describe his appearance or functions; these include Síðgrani,[15] Síðskeggr,[16] Langbarðr,[17] (all meaning “long beard”) and Jólnir18 (“Yule figure”). According to Phyllis Siefker, children would place their boots, filled with carrots, straw, or sugar, near the chimney for Odin’s flying horse, Sleipnir, to eat. Odin would then reward those children for their kindness by replacing Sleipnir’s food with gifts or candy.[19] This practice survived in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands after the adoption of Christianity and became associated with Saint Nicholas as a result of the process of Christianization and can be still seen in the modern practice of the hanging of stockings at the chimney in some homes. This practice in turn came to the United States through the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam prior to the British seizure in the 17th century, and evolved into the hanging of socks or stockings at the fireplace. In many regions of Austria and former Austro-Hungarian Italy (Friuli, city of Trieste) children are given sweets and gifts on Saint Nicholas’s Day (San Niccolò in Italian), in accordance with the Catholic calendar, December 6. Numerous other influences from the pre-Christian Germanic winter celebrations have continued into modern Christmas celebrations such as the Christmas ham, Yule Goat, Yule logs and the Christmas tree. / Santa Claus – Influence of Germanic Paganism and Folklore
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SAINT NICK by DALE CRUM
Just so you guys don’t think me to be a “wet blanket” on celebrating Christmas—-herrrrrrre’s Santa! This started as a photo of a dear friend and Saint of God--Dr. John Langston. You know how it is as a photog you shoot the shot-you go home—you open it up on the screen—and SANTA!!!! Well not without many, many hours of work anyway. This one is hand oil painted using my faithful pen mouse and tablet, in Painter 7. You guys that do this realize how Not easy it is. PS—-Pray for Dr. Langston he now has a debilitating disease that has really slowed down his ministry work around the world. / LotsaLuv, / Dale
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I'ts almost Time.... by navybrat
for ANTHONY PLASTINO lll / his picture: / hope you’ll Love this Tony…... / sorry, I could not make you scary looking…..you have an aura that glows with uncomparable charisma and a kind face that radiates warmth and gentleness….. / so I thought being Santa would best suit you…. A PS CS3 work… / the other images are from stock, the textures are from CAMERON GRAY
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"It's Going to be a White Christmas" by susi lawson
Painted in Photoshop and Corel painter
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Up and down the chimney by ega39
Oil Painting in canvas panel 18×14
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Old World Santa by Beverly Lussier
This vintage Victorian Old World Santa Claus picture has been updated with a digital art filter, the fractalius filter by Redfield.
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The Christmas Mantel by Gayle Dolinger
Nikon D40 / Flash: Not Used / Focal Length: 35.0mm / 35mm Equivalent: 52mm / Exposure Time: 0.125s (1/8) / Aperture: f/4.8 / ISO: 1600 / Metering Mode: Matrix
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Christmas card II by Diana Calvario
Santa + Fractalius !
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Santa in the Forest by Lee Anne Kortus
Santa stops to commune with the forest animals the day after Christmas. I have always loved the idea that Santa can communicate with the animals, and love images and figurines that depict him like this. generous stock artists who allowed me to reference their photos in the painting of this: / abuseofstock, skydancer-stock, shnarfle-stock, gurukitty
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St Nicholas by Christian Zammit
St Nicholas at Siggiewi Feast / It is the major event in Siggiewi. / Date: last Sunday of June Canon EOS 400D This / work / has / been / produced / by / Christian / Zammit / Kindly / click / on / photo / below. / Visit my gallery / Monthly Journals
Recent Work
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HOHOHO,Merry Christmas...card by MaeBelle
working with BG’s and clip art, a real fantasy / /
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Santa Clause by Taschja Hattingh
This was taken in SandraRos’s home a few days ago. Thanks my dear twin. Canon 400D /
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Jolly Santa Claus by SpiceTree
Fun Christmas theme features Santa Claus offering a gift and bag of presents at his feet. Text says Santa’s Helper
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Old World Saint Nick by viveca
He is coming to town,,,,Painted on slab of varying discarded woods.I have painted these for ten years.They come in all sizes…more information upon request…
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are YOU on my list? by navybrat
....er…my long list of candidates for photo-manipulation…..LOL….. me, holding my wacom pen…. / ....just wondering if i’d make a good Santa….lol photo-manipulation / PS CS 4
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Museum Visitor - Santa Christmas by LindaAppleArt
“Vintage Victorian” / oil on canvas – 8”x 8 “ / Art Museum Series I found this gentleman viewing some historical Victorian paintings the other day at the art museum. I must admit, he did have a remarkable resemblance to a few of them. Featured in: / 11.02.09 – Imaginative Realism /
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Aloha ‘oe, mahalo nui loa, thank you so much to the anonymous buyer who purchased one of my calendars. It means so much to me that you enjoy my work, thank you!! / / Aloha e Malama pono, / Sharon / / / /
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Jolly Santa Greetings by SpiceTree
Traditional Christmas scene with Jolly Santa saying Ho Ho Ho, He holds a present and has a bag of gifts at his feet. Border is blue with white snowfakes and red bow candycanes for accent
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Christmas card #2 by ega39
Oil Painting in canvas 11×14
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Hawaiian cultural poetry, excerpts of writings and quotes from various cultural resources
About This Group
Christmas around the world! The exclusive focus of this group is portraits of Santa.
“The folklore of Saint Nicolas has many parallels with Germanic mythology, in particular with the god Odin. These include the beard, hat and spear (as well as a staff) and the cloth bag held by the servants to capture naughty children. Both Saint Nicolas and Odin ride white horses that can fly through the air; the white eight-legged steed of Odin is named Sleipnir (although Sleipnir is more commonly depicted as gray). The letters made of candy given by the Zwarte Pieten to the children evokes the fact that Odin ‘invented’ the rune letters. The poems made during the celebration and the songs the children sing relate to Odin as the god of the arts of poetry.
Santa Claus History and Folklore
Santa is known by many names around the world and is a much loved universal tradition. Some of the names Jolly Olde Saint Nicholas is known by are:
Santa Claus
In the Netherlands and Belgium, Saint Nicolas (often called “De Goede Sint” — “The Friendly Saint”)
Saint Nick
Saint Nicholas
St. Nick
Kris Kringle
Christkindl
the Dutch legend of Sinter Klaas
the Dutch version of Saint Nicholas
Bishop Nicholas of Smyrna (Izmir), what is now Turkey
St. Nicholas the patron saint of children and seafarers
der Weinachtsmann of Deutschland (Germany)
Father Christmas of England
Santa Claus lives on Lapland’s Korvatunturi – “Ear Fell”
In Luxembourg, he is called “Kleeschen” ou “Zinniklos”
Please let us know the name of Santa in your language!
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