Morristown NJ Library Explores the Real Santa

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice…this might be your opportunity to (virtually) meet the man of the moment, Santa Claus, in some of his many incarnations.

Clement Moore (A Visit from St. Nicholas) gets the credit. But Washington Irving wrote about a sleigh-riding, gift-giving St. Nick a year earlier, in 1821.

That’s one of the fun factoids in the Santa exhibit at the F.M. Kirby Gallery in the Morristown/Township Library. The display includes patriotic, carved Uncle Sam/Santa figurines from the 400-piece collection of former Morristown resident Terese Rolio McCann.

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