"Fa la la la la la la la la"
"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin, we wish you good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year"
"And heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing"
"A partridge in a pear tree"
Reportedly the Lapps were the first to depict Father Christmas with a sleigh drawn by these
This novelty hit begins, "Christmas, Christmas time is near, time for toys and time for cheer"
He first described Santa as "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old elf"
This alternate name for old St. Nick came from the German for "Christ Child"
St. Nick "had a broad face and a little round belly that shook, when he laughed, like" this
The poem refers to these as coursers, calling them by name