acess英语圣诞节作文大全圣诞老人的由来

2021年1月14日发(作者：滕元白)





英语圣诞节作文大全圣
诞老人的由来
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英语圣诞节作文大全：圣诞老人的由来
the original santa claus, st. nicholas, was born in the ancient
southeastern turkish town of lycia early in the fourth century. his
generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. we know
this primarily through roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which
eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. throughout
the middle ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none
of them santa claus.
children today would not at all recognize the st. nick who brought
gifts to european children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his
cascading white beard. he made his rounds in full red-and-white
bishop‘s robes, complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier. he
was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer, but coaxed in indolent donkey.
and he arrived not late on christmas eve, but on his christian feast day,
december 6. the gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small:
fruit, nuts, hard candies, wood and clay figurines.
during the protestant reformation of the sixteenth century, st.
nicholas was banished from most european countries. replacing him were
more secular figures, who in general were not at center stage at that
point in history..the dutch kept the st. nicholas tradition alive. as


the
dutch ship that arrived in america. and the first church built in new
york city was named after him. the dutch brought with them to the new
world two christmas items that were quickly americanized.
in sixteenth century holland, children placed wooden shoes by the
hearth the night of st. nicholas‘s arrival. the shoes were filled with
straw, a meal for the saint‘s gift laden donkey. in return, nnicholas
would insert a small treat into each clog. in america, the shoe was
replaced with the stocking, hung by the chimney.
the dutch spelled st. nicholas
world became
much of modern day santa claus lore, including the reindeer drawn
sleigh, originated in america. dr. clement clarke moore composed
night before christmas
eve. the poem might have remained privately in the moore family if a
friend had not mailed a copy of it (without authorial attribution) to a
newspaper and became part of the santa legend.
it was in america that santa put on weight. the rosy-cheeked, roly-
poly santa is credited to the influential nineteenth-century cartoonist
thomas nast. from 1863 until 1886, nast created a series of christmas
drawings for harper‘s weekly. these drawings, executed over twenty