![]() ![]() When Santa moved from the Forest of Burzee to the Laughing Valley, he lived in harmony with the valley’s other inhabitants ~ the wildflowers and the grass, the cowslips, daffodils, and dandelions, the butterflies and the bees, and the beautiful sacred trees. Is it any wonder that living in the forest with the nymphs, Santa would grow up to be a young man who would not kill a tree or crush a flower or even tear up a single blade of grass? ![]() Santa’s formative years with the immortal beings also left him with a life-long love and respect for all of nature’s creatures. “ His thoughts and words were sweet and gentle, for the nymphs knew no evil and their hearts were pure and loving” (16-17). ![]() His defining traits of kindness, goodness, and generosity can be traced back to his idyllic childhood among the nymphs in the Forest of Burzee. As a foundling, Santa was nursed by a lioness and then adopted by a wood-nymph. Santa’s story begins in an enchanted forest inhabited by fairies, knooks, ryls, and nymphs ~ immortal and changeless beings who have peopled the forest since the beginning. ![]() Frank Baum is the classic biography of the legendary man in the red suit ~ Santa Claus.Īs with most biographies, I enjoyed the chapters on his childhood the best. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) by L. We will not Banish Magic from the World, not while Jolly Old Saint Nicholas keeps the Spirit of Christmas Alive in our Hearts! ![]()
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