The legend of Santa Claus

Santa Claus is a combination of different legends and mysterious figures. Legend has it that Santa Claus appeared in Scandinavia thousands of years ago. In Norse mythology, Odin, the god of wisdom, art, poetry and war, rode his eight-legged horse to the ends of the earth in the cold winter to punish evil and promote good and distribute gifts. At the same time, his son Thor wore red clothes and used lightning as a weapon to fight against the god of ice and snow in the dark, and finally defeated the cold. According to pagan legend, Santa Claus is a descendant of Odin. Nicholas was called "Santa Claus" in central and northern Germany, "Santa Claus" in Britain and "Santa Claus" by Dutch immigrants in America.

According to Dutch legend, Santa Claus Sintirklass also arrived by boat with an assistant named BlackPeter. He brought a big book describing the performance of all Dutch children in the past year. The good boy gave them presents, and the bad boy was taken away by his assistant (elk).

The children all want to know where Santa Claus lives and when they will receive presents. The answer is usually that Santa Claus lives in the North Pole and his workshop produces Christmas presents. 1927, MarkusRautio, a host of children's programs called "Uncle Marcus" by children, revealed for the first time that Santa Claus lived in Tunturi, Korva, Lapland.

Korvatunturi, located in the eastern border area of Finland, found a rabbit-like ear. In fact, it is Santa Claus's ear, which is used to listen to children's wishes. Scandinavian legends tell the history of Santa Claus and his assistant elves.

At the end of last century, different legends about Santa Claus in the northern hemisphere were summarized into the same version-the old man with white beard gave gifts to children and then returned to Kornatunturi in Lapland, Finland.

From 65438 to 0950, Santa Claus stayed happily in Papiri, and communicated with children and young people after Christmas. More and more people visit Santa Claus regularly. 1985, he set up his own studio. Every day, Santa Claus comes to the office to listen to the children's Christmas wishes and communicate with them. Santa Claus Village is Santa Claus's main post office, receiving letters from children all over the world.

The legend of bishop St. Nicholas

The legend of Santa Claus comes from European folklore. According to legend, Santa Claus is called Saint Nicholas. He lived in the 4th century. He was a kind, generous and rich man who was very kind to children. The Orthodox Church regards Nicholas as a miracle worker. Nicholas's family is very rich, and his parents are both Catholics. Nicholas's parents died young. He donated all his property to the poor, joined the church himself and served the society for life. Later, Nicholas became a priest and was promoted to bishop. After his death, people called him a saint, an old man with a white beard and a red hat. Nicholas did a lot of charity in his life. He always likes to help the poor in the dark. Slowly, Santa Claus became his nickname. Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters. The aristocrat tried many inventions and failed, but he had no money, so they had to move to a farmhouse, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves.

A few years later, the daughters gradually reached the age of marriage, but the father was even more depressed because he had no money to buy dowry for his daughters.

One night, after washing clothes, the daughters hung their socks in front of the fireplace to dry. St Nicholas learned about their father and came to their door that night. He saw from the window that the whole family was asleep, and he also noticed the girls' stockings. Immediately, he took out three small bags of gold from his pocket and threw them into the chimney one by one, just falling into the girls' stockings.

The next morning, the daughters woke up to find that their socks were full of gold, enough for their dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughter get married with his own eyes and lived a happy life from then on.

Later, children all over the world inherited the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings. Children in some countries have other similar customs, for example, in France, children put their shoes by the fireplace and so on.

165438+ Religious soldiers from Italy brought the relics of Saint Nicholas back to Italy at the end of the 20th century and built a church in the port city of Bari to commemorate him. Soon, Christians from all over the world flocked to worship the saint. These pilgrims brought the story of saint nicholas back to their homeland, so the legend about Santa Claus has its own characteristics in different countries.

/kloc-in the 0/2 century, St. Nicholas's Day appeared in Europe, with giving gifts and charitable activities as the main activities.

When the Dutch colonists came to America, they took their bishop Cindy Glass with them. Sintirklass is wearing a red cassock and riding a white horse. Cindy glass's American image has gradually evolved into a happy old elf. At first, American writer washington irving described him as a round and fat Dutch old man in his comedy The History of new york. 1823, the poet Clement Moore continued to dramatize the image of saint nicholas in his poem Impression of saint nicholas.

Thomas Nash was a cartoonist in 1960s. He drew a fat and kind Santa Claus as an illustration of Harper's Week. The image of Santa Claus began to take root in the hearts of Americans. With the passage of time, the image of Santa Claus has been transmitted back to Europe, South America and the whole world.