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Date: 20060112
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* Washington Irving is most famous for his Halloween-themed headless horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

However, his most enduring holiday contribution might be how we view Santa Claus. Before 1809, Nicholas was portrayed as a thin, stern bishop who rode a white horse.

In that year, Irving described St. Nicholas instead as being a stout, jolly man who flew through the air in a wagon, dropping presents into children's stockings.

* Laws often are the enemy of technological advancement. Laws in England dictated that any self-propelled vehicle in England had to be preceded by a man ...

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