The Dutch had outspeeded other Europeans in the matter of Santa Claus last week, as they do every year on St. Nicholas day. A report on Christmas in Europe during the War.

“The Christmas celebration in Germanic lands is not an invention of the Christian Church but of our forefathers. The day of the Winter Solstice was holy to our ancestors and the period around the Winter Solstice was filled with the fairyland magic of the Nordic soul. In this period gifts…