圣誕老人的由來英語

1、資料來源：來自本人網(wǎng)絡(luò)整理！祝您工作順利！圣誕老人的由來英語 圣誕節(jié)的由來大家有知道的嗎?接下來，我給大家預(yù)備了圣誕老人的由來英語,歡送大家參考與借鑒。 圣誕老人的由來英語 american origins: (as sent to me by brian dodd)quote from encarta 95 the american version of the santa claus figure received its inspiration and its name from the dutch legend of sinter klaas, brought by settlers

2、to new york in the 17th century。 as early as 1773 the name appeared in the american press as st. a claus, but it was the popular author washington irving who gave americans their first detailed information about the dutch version of saint nicholas. in his history of new york, published in 1809 under

3、 the pseudonym diedrich knickerbocker, irving described the arrival of the saint on horseback (unaccompanied by black peter) each eve of saint nicholas。 this dutch-american saint nick achieved his fully americanized form in 1823 in the poem a visit from saint nicholas more commonly known as the nigh

4、t before christmas by writer clement clarke moore. moore included such details as the names of the reindeer; santa clauss laughs, winks, and nods; and the method by which saint nicholas, referred to as an elf, returns up the chimney. (moores phrase lays his finger aside of his nose was drawn directl

5、y from irvings 1809 description。) the american image of santa claus was further elaborated by illustrator thomas nast, who depicted a rotund santa for christmas issues of harpers magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. nast added such details as santas workshop at the north pole and santas list of the

6、 good and bad children of the world. a human-sized version of santa claus, rather than the elf of moores poem, was depicted in a series of illustrations for coca-cola advertisements introduced in 1931 that introduced and made the red santa suits an icon. in modern versions of the santa claus legend,

7、 only his toy-shop workers are elves. rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the montgomery ward company. in looking for the historical roots of santa claus, one must go very deep in the past. one discovers that santa claus as we kno

8、w him is a combination of many different legends and mythical creatures. the basis for the christian-era santa claus is bishop nicholas of smyrna (izmir), in what is now turkey. nicholas lived in the 4th century a.d. he was very rich, generous, and loving toward children. often he gave joy to poor c

9、hildren by throwing gifts in through their windows. the orthodox church later raised st. nicholas, miracle worker, to a position of great esteem. it was in his honor that russias oldest church, for example, was built. for its part, the roman catholic church honored nicholas as one who helped childre

10、n and the poor. st. nicholas became the patron saint of children and seafarers. his name day is december 6th. in the protestant areas of central and northern germany, st. nicholas later became known as der weinachtsmann. in england he came to be called father christmas. st. nicholas made his way to

11、the united states with dutch immigrants, and began to be referred to as santa claus. in north american poetry and illustrations, santa claus, in his white beard, red jacket and pompom-topped cap, would sally forth on the night before christmas in his sleigh, pulled by eight reindeer, and climb down

12、chimneys to leave his gifts in stockings children set out on the fireplaces mantelpiece. children naturally wanted to know where santa claus actually came from. where did he live when he wasnt delivering presents? those questions gave rise to the legend that santa claus lived at the north pole, wher

13、e his christmas-gift workshop was also located. in 1925, since grazing reindeer would not be possible at the north pole, newspapers revealed that santa claus in fact lived in finnish lapland. uncle markus, markus rautio, who compared the popular childrens hour on finnish public radio, revealed the g

14、reat secret for the first time in 1927: santa claus lives on laplands korvatunturi - ear fell the fell, which is situated directly on finlands eastern frontier, somewhat resembles a hares ears - which are in fact santa clauss ears, with which he listens to hear if the worlds children are being nice.

15、 santa has the assistance of a busy group of elves, who have quite their own history in scandinanvian legend. over the centuries, customs from different parts of the northern hemisphere thus came together and created the whole worlds santa claus - the ageless, timeless, deathless white-bearded and r

16、ed suited man who gives out gifts on christmas and always returns to korvatunturi in finnish lapland. since the 1950s, santa has happily sojourned at napapiiri, near rovaniemi, at times other than christmas, to meet children and the young at heart. by 1985 his visits to napapiiri had become so regular that he established his own santa claus office there. he comes there every day of the year to