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Christmas (Christmas), every year December 25, is a traditional festival of the church calendar, it is celebrated by christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. At Christmas, most of the Catholic church will first on December 24, Christmas Eve, that is, the date, December 25, held at midnight mass, and some of the Christian church will hold good tidings, and then celebrate Christmas on December 25, And another big branch, orthodox Christian Christmas celebration in every year on January 7th.
Santa Claus
The legend of Santa Claus coming Scandinavia in thousands of years ago. Division wisdom in Norse mythology, art, poetry, the god Odin of war, the cold winter season, mounted his horse mounts eight feet galloping Yu Tianya promontory, encouraging people to distribute the gift. At the same time, his son thor with red lightning as weapons and the gods very dark battle a snow and ice, finally defeat the cold. According to legend, pagan Santa Claus is descended from the god Odin. There are legends say Santa Claus from saint Nicholas, so Santa Claus also called st. Nicholas. Because most of these stories carry forward the spirit of Christ, its origin, the plot tends to be forgotten, however, Santa Claus is etched in the spiritual world.
Every year at Christmas, Santa Claus on reindeer, holy child holding a Christmas tree came, as the world changes, writers and artists began to describe the Santa Claus as today we are familiar with the color, the image of the white beard. Different country and culture at the same time also has the different explanation for Santa Claus. In Germany, legend he dressed up as an altar boy put nuts and apples in the kids shoes. He take a sidecar roaming around, observe the behavior of people, especially children, if performance is good, will get the apples, nuts, sugar, and many other prizes. Bad kids get a whip. Parents have a brainwave adopted the legend to encourage the children to obey. Today, Christmas has become a national holiday. Santa Claus has become a symbol of the most beloved and traditional Christmas. , he was driving the reindeer pulling the sleigh full of toys and gifts from door to door gifts for every child happy old elf image has been deeply in people's memory.
圣诞节(Christmas)，每年12月25日，是教会年历的一个传统节日，它是基督徒庆祝耶稣基督诞生的庆祝日。在圣诞节，大部分的天主教教堂都会先在12月24日的耶诞夜，亦即12月25日凌晨举行子夜弥撒，而一些基督教会则会举行报佳音，然后在12月25日庆祝圣诞节;而基督教的另一大分支——东正教的圣诞节庆祝则在每年的1月7日。
圣诞老人
圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即将出现。北欧神话中司智慧，艺术，诗词，战争的奥丁神，寒冬时节，骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角，惩恶扬善，分发礼物。与此同时，其子雷神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场，最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说，圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神，其出处，故事情节大多被淡忘，然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。
每年圣诞节，圣诞老人骑在驯鹿上，圣童手持圣诞树降临人间，随着世事变迁，作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成我们今日熟悉的着红装，留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。在德国，传说他扮成圣童把坚果和苹果放在孩子们鞋里。他乘双轮马车四处漫游，观察人们的行为，尤其是小孩，如果表现好，将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则得一鞭子。家长们灵机一动纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。如今,圣诞节已经成为一个全民的节日。圣诞老人已经成为圣诞节最受喜爱的象征和传统。他赶着驯鹿，拉着装满玩具和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的快乐老精灵的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中。