ADS-L Digest - 19 Dec 2004 to 20 Dec 2004 (#2004-356)

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 12/21/2004 12:01:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU writes:


> "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
> Subject: Re: "North Pole" and Christmas, Santa Claus
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> On Dec 20, 2004, at 9:54 AM, John Baker wrote:
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> >         Snopes does recognize that the issue is at least in doubt, at
> > http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/donner.asp (an article about
> > the names of Santa's reindeer).  The article that refers to the George
> > P. Webster poem was last updated in February 2001, and it seems that
> > Snopes was not yet aware of the case for Livingston's authorship.
>
> a case is made in chapter 6 ("Yes, Virginia, There *Was* a Santa
> Claus") of:
>
> Foster, Don. 2000. Author unknown: On the trail of anonymous. NY: Henry
> Holt.
>
> i don't recall whether foster gets into the north pole issue.

No, he does not.  I just checked chapter 6 (pp 221 - 275) and could not find
any mention of the North Pole.

    - James A. Landau