Santa Claus, whose original name was Nicholas, was born in patara in Asia Minor in the 4th century. His family is very rich and his parents are very enthusiastic Catholic friends. Unfortunately, his parents died young. When Nicholas grew up, he donated all his wealth to the poor, became a monk himself, and devoted his life to the church and served the society. Nicholas later became a priest and was promoted to bishop. In his life, he has done a lot of charity work, and he likes to help the poor in secret. Santa Claus was his later nickname, which came from the story that he secretly sent money to help three girls.
It is said that there are three beautiful girls living not far from Nicholas. They are twenty, eighteen and sixteen years old. My father is a poor scholar and often lives by borrowing money. Once, because she was unable to pay her debts, she had to sell her beautiful and healthy third daughter to a creditor and take her to Africa as a maid. When the three daughters learned about this, they hugged each other and cried. The sad situation at home can be imagined. Nicholas knew about it and ran to their house to comfort him. In the evening, Nicholas put gold in three stockings and hung them in front of the windows of three girls. When they got the gold and paid off their father's debts, their third daughter was spared the fate of being a maid. The next day was Christmas. Knowing that Nicholas had done something good, they invited him to celebrate and thank him. These three girls tell this story every Sunday. Hearing this, the children are very envious and hope that Santa Claus will give him a sock gift.
The origin of Santa Claus can be traced back to the last century. We know that he is a combination of different legends and mysterious figures. The predecessor of Santa Claus is the Bishop Nicholas of Izmir, a port city in western Turkey. He lived in the 4th century A.D. and was a kind, generous and very kind-hearted rich man. The Orthodox Church regards Nicholas as a miracle worker. Nicholas was called "Santa Claus" in central and northern Germany, "Santa Claus" in Britain and "Santa Claus" by Dutch immigrants in America. 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.
Thousands of years ago, the legend of Santa Claus was about to appear in Scandinavia. In Norse mythology, Odin, the god of wisdom, art, poetry and war, rode his eight-legged horse around the ends of the earth in winter to punish evil and promote good and distribute gifts. At the same time, his son Thor, dressed in red, used lightning as a weapon to fight 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. There is also a legend that Santa Claus comes from Saint Nicholas, so Santa Claus is also called Saint Nicholas. Because most of these stories promote the Christian spirit, their origins and story plots are mostly forgotten, but Santa Claus lives in people's spiritual world forever.
Every Christmas, Santa Claus rides a reindeer, and the holy boy comes to the world with a Christmas tree. With the change of the world, writers and artists began to describe Santa Claus as a familiar image today, dressed in red and with a white beard. At the same time, different countries and cultures have different interpretations of Santa Claus. In Germany, it is said that he dressed up as a holy boy and put nuts and apples in children's shoes. He travels around in a two-wheeled carriage, observing people's behavior, especially children. If he behaves well, he will get many prizes, such as apples, nuts and sugar. Bad boys get whipped. Parents had a brainwave and used this legend to encourage their children to obey. Nowadays, Christmas has become a national holiday. Santa Claus has become the most popular symbol and tradition of Christmas. The image of a happy old elf driving a reindeer and pulling a sleigh full of toys and gifts to give gifts to every child from house to house has been deeply left in people's memory.