FATHER CHRISTMAS - THE ORIGIN OF AN ENGLISH CHRISTMAS TRADITION

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @davidd6171
    @davidd6171 6 часов назад +6

    Wonderful, as always, Allan! I look forward to you achieving 100,000 subscribers on RUclips in 2025! Well done, and you deserve it!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  6 часов назад +1

      Thank you David, I can't believe how close it is now. I am so very grateful to you and other loyal subscribers. Happy Christmas.

  • @homahak
    @homahak 6 часов назад +4

    Thank you so much for this video explaining the real difference between our own Father Christmas and the American version. I derived my understanding from my own father born in the Victorian period. Even the mode of dress separates them. It’s become so blurred over the last 70 years that I assumed the distinction had gone for ever. I’m very grateful to see my understanding confirmed so late in my life.

  • @Lucernare
    @Lucernare 6 часов назад +4

    Fascinating! I did a study some years ago of the origins of Old Father Christmas, the Lord Christemass which I published on my old blog. I have that image of Fr Christmas on trial framed, and it hangs in my dining room at Christmas presiding over the festivities. Happy (new kalendar) Christmas!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      It is a wonderful image. Happy Christmas Patrick.

  • @ddoyle11
    @ddoyle11 6 часов назад +4

    Your videos are a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing them.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      Thank you very much for watching and commenting. Have a happy Christmas.

  • @Marowyn
    @Marowyn 4 часа назад

    Thank you for this delightful telling of the origins of Father Christmas - blessings to you as well.

  • @torcal47
    @torcal47 6 часов назад +5

    Thanks Allan. Happy Christmas to you and your family.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  6 часов назад +2

      Thank you and to you too.

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 6 часов назад +4

    'Po-faced misers they were' OMG, I laughed at that!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад +1

      I am not a fan of Puritanism!

  • @MikeMagTech
    @MikeMagTech 5 часов назад +2

    I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.

  • @hugolandheer7008
    @hugolandheer7008 5 часов назад

    I so love those Christmas stories,,,,
    Thanks for sharing and A merry Christmas to you too!

  • @roywixson849
    @roywixson849 5 часов назад +1

    Your scholarly and well researched videos are a joy. Congratulations on your fine work from the American side of the Atlantic.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      Thank you very much and a happy Christmas to you and yours.

  • @rev1775
    @rev1775 5 часов назад +1

    Happy Christmas to you and your family!! Thank you for all the wonderful content you provide!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      My pleasure and a Merry Christmas to you too.

  • @mheuman
    @mheuman 5 часов назад

    Thank you for your wonderful work, It's inspired myself and my family to celebrate the 2 days if Christmas this year. Happiest Christmas to you and yours , Allan.

  • @theeweemo
    @theeweemo 5 часов назад

    Wishing you and your family Dr Barton a Merry and a Healthy Christmas and a Happy New Year, looking forward to watching and learning a lot more from your videos!

  • @torfrida6663
    @torfrida6663 6 часов назад +1

    Fascinating. Thanks so much and a merry Christmas to you and 🎄🇬🇧👍

  • @crallo66
    @crallo66 5 часов назад +1

    Many thanks, and a very happy feast to you all.

  • @ronnieright4935
    @ronnieright4935 4 часа назад

    Merry Christmas Allan to you and your family.

  • @JangianTV
    @JangianTV 5 часов назад

    Fascinating and eye-opening, and very well told! Merry Christmas, Allan! 🎄

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад +1

      Thank you kindly! Happy Christmas.

  • @jimcabezola3051
    @jimcabezola3051 6 часов назад +2

    Mahaho for marking the season in this way! Mele Kalikimaka to all of you out there.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  6 часов назад +2

      Happy Christmas to you and your family.

  • @incubism
    @incubism 5 часов назад

    Fantastic! Merry Christmas to you and yours.Thank you for all the great content, I have learn’t quite a lot.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад +1

      My pleasure, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 5 часов назад

    Merry Christmas to you and your family. May you find health a plenty in the coming year.

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      Thank you very much Liane, happy Christmas to you too.

  • @JosephRHuber
    @JosephRHuber 5 часов назад

    Happy/Merry Christmas to you also!!

  • @christopherstephenjenksbsg4944
    @christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 5 часов назад

    Excellent and fascinating video!
    The connection between Father Christmas and Santa Claus goes a long way back. In the early 1820s, Clement Clarke Moore, composer of the poem "A Visit From St Nicholas" ("T'was the night before Christmas..."), basically invented the modern American Santa Claus. Being a New Yorker when Dutch traditions and folklore were still strong in the area, he combined the Dutch-inspired tradition of St Nicholas with the English tradition of Father Christmas, and Voila! We got Santa Claus. While Santa Claus may be supplanting Father Christmas in the UK, Father Christmas played a large role in the Santa Claus origin story.
    I grew up in 1960s New York City, where my dad served as vicar of a church founded by Moore. He also built the vicarage where I grew up. Needless to say, the church went a little overboard every Christmas with Santa Claus-themed plays and pageants. I was sick of Santa Claus by the age of six.

  • @Wotsitorlabart
    @Wotsitorlabart 6 часов назад +1

    Thank God for a sensible factually based video on one of our Christmas traditions.
    I've just come across someone who believes that Father Christmas is part of the 'Green Man archetype' along with Peter Pan, the Green Knight and Robin Hood!

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  6 часов назад +2

      Oh. It it is always much more fun to stick to the evidence than make things up. However, it seems fiction has more appeal than fact!!!

  • @Micktyb
    @Micktyb 5 часов назад

    Excellent 👌 happy Christmas God Bless 🙏🎄🎅

  • @roywixson849
    @roywixson849 5 часов назад

    Thanks!

  • @DragonsAndDragons777
    @DragonsAndDragons777 5 часов назад

    I'm watching this wearing a santa hat

    • @allanbarton
      @allanbarton  5 часов назад

      You'll have to get a Father Christmas hat for next year! Happy Christmas.