Santa Claus

Santa Claus, tseem hu ua Leej Txiv Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, los yog tsuas yog Santa, yog ib tug neeg muaj koob muaj npe nyob hauv Western Christian kab lis kev cai uas tau hais tias yuav nqa khoom plig thaum yav tsaus ntuj thiab hmo ntuj ntawm Christmas Eve rau cov me nyuam "zoo", thiab tsis muaj roj los yog tsis muaj dab tsi rau "dab tsi" cov me nyuam.Nws tau hais kom ua tiav qhov no nrog kev pab ntawm Christmas elves, uas ua cov khoom ua si hauv nws lub rooj cob qhia North Pole, thiab ya reindeer uas rub nws sleigh hla huab cua.

Cov duab niaj hnub ntawm Santa yog ua raws li cov lus dab neeg uas nyob ib puag ncig Saint Nicholas, Askiv daim duab ntawm Leej Txiv Christmas, thiab Dutch daim duab ntawm Sinterklaas.

Santa feem ntau yog ib tug portly, jolly, dawb-bearded txiv neej, feem ntau nrog spectacles, hnav ib lub tsho liab nrog dawb pluab dab tshos thiab cuffs, dawb-fur-cuffed liab trousers, liab kaus mom nrog dawb pluab, thiab dub tawv siv thiab khau boots, nqa ib lub hnab ntim khoom plig rau menyuam yaus.Nws feem ntau piav raws li luag hauv ib txoj kev uas suab zoo li "ho ho ho".Cov duab no tau nrov hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Canada nyob rau xyoo 19th vim muaj kev cuam tshuam tseem ceeb ntawm 1823 paj huam "Ib Mus Los ntawm St. Nicholas".Caricaturist thiab nom tswv cartoonist Thomas Nast kuj tau ua lub luag haujlwm hauv kev tsim cov duab Santa.Cov duab no tau khaws cia thiab ntxiv dag zog los ntawm cov nkauj, xov tooj cua, TV, cov phau ntawv me nyuam yaus, tsev neeg Christmas kab lig kev cai, zaj duab xis, thiab tshaj tawm.