时讯：圣诞节由来大全：圣诞老人的由来(英文版)

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圣诞节的由来大全:圣诞节的由来大全包括圣诞老人的由来、圣诞节吃火鸡的由来、圣诞树的由来等，请看圣诞节的由来大全。

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theamericanversionofthesantaclausfigurereceiveditsinspirationanditsnamefromthedutchlegendofsinterklaas，broughtbysetlersteno

asearlyas 1773 thenameappearedintheamericanpressas " ST.a Claus，"

butitwasthepopularauthorwashingtonirvingwhogaveamericanstheirfirstdetailedinformationaboutthedutchversionofsaintnicholas.hin hi published in 1809 underthepseudonymdiedrichknickerbocker，irvingdescribedthearrivalofthesaintonhorseback ( Hun US )

this Dutch-americansaintnickachievedhisfullyamericanizedformin 1823 inthepoemavisitfromsaintnicholasmorecommonlyknownastheghit be entclarkemoore.mooreincludedsuchdetailsasthenamesofthereindeer； santa claus's laughs、winks、and nods； andthemethodbywhichsaintnicholas、referred to as an elf、returnsupthechimney.( Moore ' s phrase " layshisfingerasideofhisnose " ) )

theamericanimageofsantaclauswasfurtherelaboratedbyillustratorthomasnast， whodepictedarotundsantaforchristmasissuesofharper ' s magazine from the 1860 sthe 1880 s.nastaddedsuchdetailsassanta ' sworkshap northpp andbadchildrenoftheworld.a human-sizedversionofsantaclaus， ratherthantheelfofmore ' sporth wasdepictedinaseriesofillustrationsforcoca-colaadvertisementsintroducedin 1931 thatintroducedandm min ernversionsofthesantaclauslegend，onlyhistoy-shopworkersareelves.rudolph，the ninth reindeer，with a red and shiny nose， wasinventedin 1939 byanadvertisingwriterforthemontgomerywardcompany. inlookingforthehistoricalrotsofsanca onemustgoverydeepinthepast.onediscoversthatsantaclausasweknowhimisacombinationofmanydiffer

thebasisforthechristian-erasantaclausisbishopnicholasofsmyrna ( Izmir )是inwhatisnowturkey.nicholaslivedinthe4th century a.d .。

theorthodoxchurchlaterraisedst.Nicholas、miracle worker、ToaPOSITionofgreatesteem.ITwasinhishonorthatrusia ' Soldestchrustion was built. for its part，theromancatholicchurchonorednicholasasonewhohelpedchildrenandthepoor.ST.nicholasbecamethepatronsaintor

intheprotestantareasofcentralandnortherngermany，ST.nicholaslaterbecameknownasderweinachtsmann.inenglandhecametobecalledfathe with dutch immigrants，andbegantobereferredtoassantaclaus。

childrennaturalywantedtoknowwheresantaclausactuallycamefrom.wheredidhelivewhenhewasn ' tdeliveringpresents？ thosequestionsgaverisetothelegendthatsantaclauslivedatthenorthpole，wherehischristmas-giftworkshopwasalsolocated。

in 1925，sincegrazingreindeerwouldnotbepossibleatthenorthpole，newspapersrevealedthatsantaclausinfactlivedinfinnishlapland." unn whocomparedthepopular " children ' shour " onfinnishpublicradio，revealedthegreatsecretforthefirsttimein 1927:santaclauslives

the fell，whichissituateddirectlyonfinland ' seasternfrontier， somewhatresemblesahare ' sears-whichareinfactsantaclaus ' s withwhichelistenstoheariftheworld ' schildrenarebeingnice.santahaste

over the centuries，customsfromdifferentpartsofthenorthernhemispherethuscametogetherandcreatedthewholeworld ' s Santa Claus-the ages timeless deathless white-beardedandredsuitedmanwhogivesoutgiftsonchristmasandalwaysreturnstokorvatunturiinfinishlapland。

since the 1950s、santahashappilysojournedatnapapiiri、near rovaniemi、at times other than christmas、 tomeetchildrenandtheyoungatheart.by 1985 hisvisitstonapapirihadbecomesoregularthatheestablishedhisownsantaclausofficethere.to .。 pirenandthapapapiirens ecomesthereeverydayoftheyeartohearwhatchildrenwantforchristmasandtotalkwithchildrenwhohavearrrivedfromaros illageisalsothelocationofsanta ' smainpostoffice，whichreceiveschildren ' slettersfromthefourcornersoftheworld。