The Institute of English Philology at the University of Wroclaw invites participants to a lecture of Prof. Leszek Berezowski “All you need to know about Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus”. The Santa Claus meeting will take place on December 5 at the Marianum Oratorium.
Professor Berezowski will talk about how the image of St. Nicholas and related customs and how his doppelgangers were created – for example English Father Christmas or American Santa Claus.
“All you need to know about Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus” will be illustrated with pictures, poems, advertisements, photos, postage stamps, dispatches of news agencies, and even military communications regarding Saint Nicholas and his doppelgangers. The lecture is especially addressed to secondary school pupils and will be conducted in English.