tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post8832147868892560731..comments2024-03-26T02:27:06.176-05:00Comments on Tales of Faerie: Santa and the 'ShroomsKristinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-54403948749539297132014-12-10T08:47:07.524-06:002014-12-10T08:47:07.524-06:00I completely agree, and I wasn't aware of all ...I completely agree, and I wasn't aware of all the colors Santa had traditionally been paired with (the article, of course, conveniently left that part out). Another source for the red was, more likely, the robes of Saint Nicholas in the iconsKristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-55262424168563416712014-12-09T19:36:45.481-06:002014-12-09T19:36:45.481-06:00Associating the red and white of Santa's coat ...Associating the red and white of Santa's coat with that traditionis quite the stretch. Looking back a few hundred years, you will find many depictions of Santa that show him with a blue, green, yellow or, most frequently, brown coat. Red was a very expensive color and therefore Santa's coat wouldbe of a cheaper color like yellow or brown for economic rasons, especially in costumes. In pictures there wasn't any designated color either. It wasn't until the spread of chemically produced colors that Santa's outfit started to become predominantly red. I believe that by 20th centuy, this relatively obscure rite had already been forgottenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593854763215902252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-54273397091805169682014-12-09T13:34:35.262-06:002014-12-09T13:34:35.262-06:00This looks like a wonderful resource! Thanks!This looks like a wonderful resource! Thanks!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6968132365438511409.post-178152734987170452014-12-09T11:21:08.560-06:002014-12-09T11:21:08.560-06:00Hello there,
I wasn't quite sure how to conta...Hello there,<br /><br />I wasn't quite sure how to contact you, so here goes!!<br /><br />We are contacting you because we would very much appreciate your posting a link to our website. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us (iff@uwinnipeg.ca). Here is some text you might want to include.<br /><br />We introduce the International Fairy-Tale Filmography, iftf.uwinnipeg.ca, created by Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill, and Kendra Magnus-Johnston. It is available free of charge, open access to all users. <br /><br />This database is currently searchable by title, director, person, company, country, language, or origin (Aarne-Thompon-Uther tale-type names and numbers and/or literary fairy-tale titles and authors). It was funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). <br /><br />As this project is ongoing, we encourage users to suggest films under "Contribute." There is also a "How-To Video" and further information on fairy tales and fairy-tale films.<br /><br />Thanks for you consideration!<br /><br />Lauren Bosc<br />Sent on behalf of Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill, and Kendra Magnus-Johnston.Lauren Boschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532576173702866410noreply@blogger.com