Background: "Jolly" Saint Nick/Santa Claus reflects a character that is content with the existing social order. American businessmen promoted Santa Claus.
Santa Claus became promoted especially so by the Macy Company, a merchandising firm:
1873 Macy Stores owner, Roland H. Macy had rented an area within Macy's to Lazarus Straus and sons: Isador; Nathan, and Oscar. Their items were valued and made Macy's a popular store.
1877 Roland H. Macy died leaving a son with drinking problems. According to his will, Stocks were to be sold to relatives and to set up a small trust for his son named Rowland H. Macy, Jr. who had drinking problems.
1878 Rowland H. Macy, Jr. died.
1878 George W. Macy of Honolulu, one of the investors in the Macy Company was the "purported Father of George W. Macy, Jr. whose claimed mother was Piena/Piiana (w) according to First Circuit Court Case No. 798, Archives, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Piena/Piiana (w) had died and the guardians assigned to George W. Macy, Jr. were his grandparent's Kahiamoe (k) and Kaili/Kekai/Kekainui/Kamalii/Kamaliiwahine (w).
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