Santa Claus

Santa Claus, tseem hu ua Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, lossis tsuas yog Santa, yog ib tug neeg muaj koob muaj npe hauv kab lis kev cai ntawm cov ntseeg Vajtswv sab hnub poob uas lawv hais tias coj khoom plig thaum yav tsaus ntuj thiab hmo ntuj ntawm Christmas Eve rau cov menyuam "zoo", thiab cov thee lossis tsis muaj dab tsi rau cov menyuam "phem". Lawv hais tias nws ua qhov no nrog kev pab los ntawm Christmas elves, uas ua cov khoom ua si hauv nws lub chaw ua haujlwm North Pole, thiab tus reindeer ya uas rub nws lub sleigh hla huab cua.

Tus duab niaj hnub ntawm Santa yog raws li cov kab lig kev cai dab neeg nyob ib puag ncig Saint Nicholas, tus neeg Askiv ntawm Leej Txiv Christmas, thiab tus neeg Dutch ntawm Sinterklaas.

Feem ntau, Santa raug piav qhia tias yog ib tug txiv neej rog rog, muaj hwj txwv dawb, feem ntau hnav tsom iav, hnav ib lub tsho liab nrog lub dab tshos dawb thiab cov tes tsho, ris tsho liab uas muaj plaub dawb, lub kaus mom liab nrog plaub dawb, thiab siv tawv dub thiab khau looj plab hlaub, nqa ib lub hnab puv khoom plig rau menyuam yaus. Feem ntau nws piav qhia tias nws luag ntxhi zoo li "ho ho ho". Daim duab no tau nrov npe hauv Tebchaws Meskas thiab Canada hauv xyoo pua 19th vim muaj kev cuam tshuam loj ntawm zaj paj huam xyoo 1823 "Kev Mus Xyuas Los Ntawm St. Nicholas". Tus kws kos duab thiab tus kws kos duab nom tswv Thomas Nast kuj tau ua lub luag haujlwm hauv kev tsim Santa daim duab. Daim duab no tau raug tswj hwm thiab txhawb nqa los ntawm zaj nkauj, xov tooj cua, TV, phau ntawv menyuam yaus, kev lig kev cai Christmas hauv tsev neeg, yeeb yaj kiab, thiab kev tshaj tawm.