Santa
He was said to originally pulling for each city in Asia Minor bishop named St. Nicholas, revered as a saint after his death, is wearing a red robe, white beard old man wearing a Red Hat. Christmas every year, he drove a sleigh pulled the deer from the north aspects, from the chimney into the Ge Jia, the Christmas gifts packed in stocking hanging in the children's bed or in front of the fire. Therefore, Westerners Christmas, the parents to give their children Christmas gifts packed in socks, the Christmas Eve, when hung in children's bedside on. The next day, the children wake up first thing in the bed to find Santa Claus brought gifts.
Today, Santa Claus has become an auspicious symbol of Christmas is not only an indispensable figure, but also to celebrate the New Year an indispensable figure.
圣诞老人
据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教,名叫圣尼古拉,死后被尊为圣徒,是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方面来,由烟囱进入各家,把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以,西方人过圣诞节时,父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里,圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天,孩子们醒来后的第一 件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物。
如今,圣诞老人已成为吉祥如意的象征,不仅是过圣诞节时不可缺少的人物,而且也是欢庆新年时不可缺少的人物。