Santa Claus in the full moon light

Ho ho ho – not long now and Christmas will bring joy to the hearts of the people and “Santa Claus”, the name of Father Christmas in the United States and many other countries, will ride with his flying sleigh across the sky on Christmas Eve, pulled by his reindeer with plenty of gifts in his huge sack. Looking at this imposing depiction of this nightly sleigh ride, the full moon is quite often found in the sky.
Taking a glance at the full moon calendar, it is obvious that during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, the full moon shines only about every 19 years, sometimes the interval is shorter or even longer. So it becomes clear that Santa is out and about when the full moon does not shine, thus there is evidently no profound connection. Our thesis: Santa simply thought the full moon was cool at the photo shoot and therefore this image was imprinted into our memory and now feels familiar … ; )

A few more words about “Santa Claus”. The name derives from the Dutch immigrants and their “Sinterklaas”, the Saint Nicholas of Myra, a bishop from Asia Minor (today’s Turkey), who lived in the 4th century and is one the best-known saint and patron saint of the Christian church. Of course, his name is also the originator of the St. Nicholas day, which is celebrated in some countries, for example in Germany, on the 5th or 6th of December.
Here is an overview of the years between 1900 and 2100 in which there was or will be a full moon on 24th December (times specified in CET):
• Tuesday, 24th December 1912, 5:30:00 am
• Sunday, 24th December 1950, 11:22:54 am
• Tuesday, 24th December 1996, 9:41:00 pm
• Monday, 24th December 2007, 2:15:36 am
• Thursday, 24th December 2026, 2:28:18 am
• Sunday, 24th December 2045, 1:49:18 am
• Friday, 24th December 2083, 4:52:48 am
We would like to wish all readers an especially fulfilled Christmas time and a good start into the New Year!
I am a moon watcher so each month that I receive this full moon report I forward it to all my family members hopefully to keep us close. So tonight Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, & Weiperz, Germany all eyes will be skyward.
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