Think of Father Christmas and chances are you'll picture a jolly bearded man wearing red and white suit but has he always appeared that way? Today Accredited Lecturer Alan Read talks to us about the origins of Father Christmas and how his image has changed over time, from the 4th century to advertisements today.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Our Societies support hundreds of local arts and heritage projects. Each day we highlight a grant given in 2021.
Surrey Young Carers recently received support from The Arts Society Farnham to run two pottery workshops for young carers, giving them the opportunity to meet those in a similar situation and do something creative.
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Comments
Fabulously, thank you for making the build up to Christmas Day so enjoyable and informative
Fascinating Alan, thank you. Now I will open my presents, regrettably not delivered by Santa, but now I feel I know him a bit better! Merry Xmas.
Pat (AS Hamburg)
Really enjoyed artvent, thank you arts soc. So much better than the chocolates.
Hope Santa brought you what you wished, Merry Christmas to all.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the wide ranging nature of these talks and have learnt a lot.
Very good.
I wish to thank The Arts Society for producing the artvent a brilliant idea.
Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.
Does the art society grant to any projects in the north west?
Hello Heather, To see subtitles when watching the video, 'click' on the box with"cc" on it at the bottom right of the video as you start watching it (CC stands for Closed Captions, which is the technical term for subtitles).
Subtitles, please
lovely thank you