Christmas in Nazi Germany was a Christian reinvention of the Germanic god Odin. Accordingly, holiday posters were made to depict Odin as the "Christmas or Solstice man", riding a white charger, sporting a thick grey beard and wearing a slouch hat, carrying a sack full of gifts. Other changes were made to the manger, which was replaced by a Christmas garden containing wooden toy deer and rabbits; Mary and Jesus were also depicted as a blonde mother and child. The Christmas tree was also changed. The traditional names of the tree, "Christbaum" or "Weihnachtsbaum", was renamed in the press as fir tree, light tree
Thomas D. Tannenbaum Thomas D. Tannenbaum Thomas David Tannenbaum (February 4, 1932–December 1, 2001) was an American producer. Tannenbaum was a producer for more than 40 years. And in that time, Tannenbaum served as an executive at several film and television studios. They include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, David Wolper Productions, Paramount Television, Universal Television, and Columbia Pictures Television. He also had a several year association with producer David Gerber during the 1950s and '60s. Tannenbaum was also the first president of Viacom Productions. He served in that position from 1984 until 1991. Thomas David Tannenbaum was born on February 4, 1932 in Beverly Hills, California.