Santa and sealing wax. Great stuff. I wonder why Santa so clearly seems to favor the clay pipe? It's a great pipe, but I think I would like to see more santas with corn cobs.
Tradition, I suppose. In "A Visit From St. Nicholas" the right jolly old elf clenches a "stump of a pipe" which indicates a clay pipe; these typically started out long and as the ends shattered they got shorter and shorter.
Santa with a clay from 1910.
Santa and sealing wax. Great stuff. I wonder why Santa so clearly seems to favor the clay pipe? It's a great pipe, but I think I would like to see more santas with corn cobs.
ReplyDeleteTradition, I suppose. In "A Visit From St. Nicholas" the right jolly old elf clenches a "stump of a pipe" which indicates a clay pipe; these typically started out long and as the ends shattered they got shorter and shorter.
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