Why Does Santa Claus Come Down the Chimney?
Santa Claus as we know him today has only existed since the nineteenth century , and he first slid down the chimney in a 1812 book by Washington Irving . But the open fireplace served as a venue for magical visitors long before Santa Claus . During the 15thcentury , the Gallic scholar Petrus Mamoris became interested about a widespread feeling that witch could pass through self-coloured objects like rampart and unopen doors so as to inscribe homes ....