Real or fiction.. What is the story of Santa Claus, the old man distributing gifts to children?
Amman Today
publish date 1970-01-01 03:00:00
Santa Claus or “Babanuel” or Saint Nicholas, this old man who has a long history associated with Christmas and the reception of a new year, and it is known that this cheerful man in red who brings toys to children on Christmas Eve, but what is the story of this man with a white beard What everyone is waiting for on New Year’s Eve, this is what we learn about in the report, according to the “”history“.
Santa Claus is loaded with gifts
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to this monk named Saint Nicholas. It is believed that he was born near Mira in Turkey. It is said that he gave up all his wealth and traveled in the countryside to help the poor and the sick. One of his most famous stories is that of his saving three poor sisters from selling them in the markets as a portent of money.
Over the years, the popularity of Saint Nicholas spread and he became known as the protector of children, and his feast day is celebrated on the anniversary of his death, December 6, and Saint Nicholas was most popular in Europe, especially in the Netherlands.
Wooden statue of Saint Nicholas
The name Saint Nicholas was pronounced in Dutch. Sinter ClaasUntil he developed and became Santa Claus for the ease of his pronunciation on the tongues of everyone, especially children, and as for the image that currently depicts “Santa Claus”, that old man with distinctive red clothes and a white beard, it is from the imagination of the cartoonist Thomas Nast that he drew for the American “Harper’s Weekly” magazine, And then the image was further defined by the famous Santa Claus ads created for a soft drink company since 1931.
The first picture of Santa Claus was drawn by Thomas Nast in 1881
First drawing of Santa Claus
In the 19th century, the image of St. Nicholas became more popular in the United States, and this lithograph from Santa Claus’s Christmas book appears next to the chimney.
Santa Claus by the chimney
Santa Claus became an integral part of the 1924 Bjork Parade.
Santa Claus in the streets of America
Legend has it that Santa Claus or Santa Claus lives with his wife, Mrs. Claus in a house at the North Pole, and children write letters to Santa Claus and track Santa Claus’s arrival around the world on Christmas Eve. Children often leave cookies about themselves, milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer on Christmas Eve.
Santa Clause
Santa Claus used to keep a “bad list” and another “nice list” to pretend in front of their children that it was Santa Claus who decided who deserved gifts on Christmas morning, and parents often called these lists as a way to ensure the behavior of their children. The menus are immortalized in the 1934 Christmas song, which includes the lyrics, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
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