FlipsSOE Posted December 5 Report Share Posted December 5 prior to this holiday season i had never heard this name b4. all of a sudden i hear this expression used everywhere i go. where the hell did it come from, and where was I when it was introduced?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted December 6 Report Share Posted December 6 I believe it's from those Rankin-Bass claymation shows. "The Year w/o a Santa Claus", "The Little Drummer Boy", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenl Posted December 6 Report Share Posted December 6 Kris Kringle is just another name for Santa Claus.. Just like good Ol'' St. Nick, Father Christmas and so on...Kris KringleCountry of Origin: Germany & AmericaThe figure of Santa Claus first begins to show up among the Pennsylvania Dutch in the mid 1820s in the form of Kris Kringle, or as he was also known, Belsnickle. Belsnickle is a derivative of the German "Pelz-nickle", which means "Furry Nicholas".Belsnickle would travel the Pennsylvania countryside ringing his bell looking for good children to give out his small gifts of cakes and nuts to. If Belsnickle came across a child who had not been behaving in the past year, he would warn the child to be good or else he might give them a smack with his rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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