Night Elf Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Why do both Santa and the Jolly Green Giant say Ho Ho Ho? How did it become synonymous with jolly? Does anyone even remember The Jolly Green Giant? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 From Twas the Night Before Christmas. And no, I don't remember the Jolly Green Giant. Because I am too young. (not really) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 A few years before I was born, my parents went to a Halloween party and Daddy dressed as the Jolly Green Giant and Mommy dressed as a box of green beans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 From Twas the Night Before Christmas. And no, I don't remember the Jolly Green Giant. Because I am too young. (not really) There is no Ho Ho Ho in The Night Before Christmas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas I think it's just supposed to represent a deep belly laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth 2 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Jabba the Hut did it too.. :leaving: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) In older European legends, Saint Nicholas was accompanied by a demon who went by names like Black Peter, Krampus, Dark Helper, Knecht Rupprecht, Pelznickle, etc. Some of the characteristics of our American Santa Claus have more in common with Nicholas' "Dark Helper" than with the saint himself. (The helper comes down the chimney, has a long beard, carries a bag, and punishes naughty children, for example). When Thomas Nast illustrated Twas the Night Before Christmas, he based his Santa Claus not on depictions of Saint Nicholas, but on his childhood memories of St. Nicholas's helper. The two characters have melded over time and were already doing so long before Nast's depiction. "Ho, ho, ho" is a phrase that can be found in mythology, so I suppose it's not surprising to have a giant and a "jolly old elf" saying it. It was a common exclamation of the character Puck, who is variously depicted as a fairy, a hobgoblin, an imp, or a demon. In the morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries, the devil also usually entered with the line, "Ho, ho, ho, what a fellow I am." I find this sort of thing very interesting! Edited December 23, 2016 by MercyA 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) There are many different kinds of "ho ho ho:" https://www.amazon.com/Vh1-Presents-Rupaul-Ho/dp/B01KAWBYCK/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1482529529&sr=1-4&keywords=rupaul+ho+ho+ho Edited December 23, 2016 by trulycrabby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teannika Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I don't know, but I remembered it was in the bible: 'Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD:...' Zech 2:6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 It is the sound of merriness from someone with great power, which you hope will never tip into malevolence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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