The flower was renamed in Poinsett's honor. Jingle Bells was composed in 1857 by James Pierpont, and was originally called One Horse Open Sleigh . In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of straw. Thomas Nast was the first artist to draw Santa Claus as a fat, jolly, white-whiskered old man.
Children fill their shoes with hay for the horse.
The horse leaves gifts for good children. The carol was first sung as part of a church service in Austria. A guitar was used because the church organ was so badly rusted it couldn't be played. London's holiday decorations in Trafalger Square includes a large Christmas tree that is an annual gift from Oslo, Norway. In the Victorian era, a toy Noah's Ark was desired as a Christmas gift by both boys and girls.