Bob Holloway's Christmas Collection Author:Bob Holloway The legend of Santa began with a fourth century archbiship of Myra, Turkey, who dedicated his life to good deeds and gift giving. The Protestant Reformation tried to eliminate the veneration of saints, but the children held on to St. Nicholas and called him: Pere Noel in France- Father Christmas in England- and Kris Kringle in Germany- in A... more »merica, the Dutch Colonists simplified St. Nicholas to Sinter Klaus and then to Santa Claus. The jolly old elf with a sleigh pulled by reindeer is an american invention, and the legend goes on...Bob Holloway's Christmas Collection is a beautiful coffee-table book containing Christmas artwork, poems and musings by renowned Kansas City artist Bob Holloway.« less