Story 1: The legend of Santa Claus comes from European folklore. According to legend, Santa Claus is called Saint Nicholas. He lived in the 4th century A.D. and was a kind, generous and rich man who was very kind to children. The Orthodox Church respects Nicholas as a miracle worker.
Nicholas's family is very rich, and his parents are both Catholics. Nicholas's parents died young. He exposed all his property to poor people, joined the church himself, and served the society for life. After his death, people called him a saint, an old man with a white beard wearing a red robe and a red hat.
Nicholas has done many charities in his life. He always likes to help the poor people in the dark. Slowly, Santa Claus became people's nickname for him.
Story 2: Red-nosed Reindeer-Rudolph According to legend, Rudolph is the only red-nosed reindeer among Santa's reindeer. This made him feel very embarrassed, and other reindeer laughed at him.
One Christmas Eve, Santa Claus was still going to travel around the world to give presents to children. But the thick fog suddenly enveloped the earth, and it was impossible to find a chimney in such weather. Then Rudolph's red nose suddenly began to shine in the fog. So Santa Claus took Rudolph to the sled and they set off! Rudolph took Santa Claus safely to every chimney. Its red nose can penetrate the fog like a lighthouse! It was Rudolph who saved Christmas that year.
Rudolph became the most famous reindeer and was loved by everyone. The red nose that once made it feel inferior has also become a unique feature.
Story 3: Legend has it that Santa Claus is the embodiment of saint nicholas. He was kind and charitable, and did many good deeds before his death. After his death, people missed him very much, and Santa Claus became a nickname for him.
It is said that once he secretly gave three bags of gold to a poor man's three daughters as dowry. When he quietly threw the gold into the chimney, one bag happened to fall into a stocking hanging on the fireplace. The next morning, the daughters woke up to find that their stockings were full of gold, which was enough for them to buy a dowry. The nobleman was able to see his daughters get married with his own eyes, and lived a happy life from then on.
So the custom of putting gifts in stockings for children was handed down. To this day, naive children always solemnly hang stockings on the fireplace on Christmas Eve, waiting hopefully for Santa Claus to come from the northern snow country by reindeer sleigh to give them gifts, as the legend says.
Story 4: Santa Claus Village
It is said that there is really a Santa Claus village in the world, where there are full-time Santas, and every Santa Claus needs professional training before he can take up his post. Santa Claus regards this profession as his life, and he will be Santa Claus all his life and will never do other jobs again. Walking along the Arctic Line, you can see the unique Santa Claus Village Post Office in the Arctic Circle. It is the busiest post office in Finland. It is said that hundreds of thousands of letters are received from more than 50 countries and regions in the world every year, and every letter will be guaranteed to be answered. Santa Claus's mailbox: Santa's postoffice f1-96930 Arctic? Ciarcle, Piniand
Story 5: Christmas tree
According to legend, a long time ago, on a snowy Christmas night, a farmer received a hungry and cold child and gave her a big Christmas dinner. Later, when the child left, he broke a fir branch and inserted it in the ground, wishing, "Every year, gifts are full of branches, so leave this beautiful fir village to repay your kindness." After the child left, the farmer found that the branch had turned into a small tree, and he realized that he had received an angel from God.
Now, in the west, everyone will prepare a Christmas tree every Christmas to increase the festive atmosphere. Christmas trees are usually made of evergreen trees such as cedar and cypress, symbolizing the longevity of life. The tree is decorated with all kinds of lights and candles, colorful flowers, toys and stars, and hung with all kinds of Christmas presents. On Christmas Eve, people sing and dance around the Christmas tree and have fun.
That's what I know about Christmas. What other stories do you know, my friends?