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1、圣诞节老人的由来中英文childrentodaywouldnotatallrecognizethest.nickwhobroughtgiftstoeuropeanchildrenhundredsofyearsagoexceptperhapsforhiscascadingwhitebeard.hemadehisroundsinfullred-and-whitebishop'srobes,pletewithtwinpeakedmiterandcrookedcrozier.hewaspulledbynofleetfootedreind
2、eer,butcoaxedinindolentdonkey.andhearrivednotlateonchristmaseve,butonhischristianfeastday,december6.thegiftsheleftbesidethehearthwereusuallysmall:fruit,nuts,hardcandies,woodandclayfigurines.duringtheprotestantreformationofthesixteenthcentury,st.nicholaswasbanishedfro
3、mmosteuropeancountries.replacinghimweremoresecularfigures,whoingeneralwerenotatcenterstageatthatpointinhistory..thedutchkeptthest.nicholastraditionalive.asthe"protectorofsailors,"st.nicholasgracedtheprowofthefirstdutchshipthatarrivedinamerica.andthefirstchurchbuiltin
4、newyorkcitywasnamedafterhim.thedutchbroughtwiththemtothenewworldtwochristmasitemsthatwerequicklyamericanized.insixteenthcenturyholland,childrenplacedwoodenshoesbythehearththenightofst.nicholas'sarrival.the第5页共5页shoeswerefilledwithstraw,amealforthesaint'sgiftladendonk
5、ey.inreturn,nicholaswouldinsertasmalltreatintoeachclog.inamerica,theshoewasreplacedwiththestocking,hungbythechimney.thedutchspelledst.nicholas"saintnikolass,"whichinthenewworldbecame"sinterklass".laterchangedto"santaclaus".muchofmoderndaysantaclauslore,includingthere
6、indeerdrawnsleigh,originatedinamerica.dr.clementclarkemooreposed"thenightbeforechristmas"in1822,toreadtohischildrenonchristmaseve.thepoemmighthaveremainedprivatelyinthemoorefamilyifafriendhadnotmailedacopyofit(withoutauthorialattribution)toanewspaperandbecamepartofth
7、esantalegend.itwasinamericathatsantaputonweight.therosy-cheeked,roly-polysantaiscreditedtotheinfluentialnieenth-centurycartoonistthomasnast.from1863until1886,nastcreatedaseriesofchristmasdrawingsforharper'sweekly.thesedrawings,executedovertwentyyears,exhibitagraduale
8、volutioninsantafromthepudgy,diminutive,elf-likecreatureofdr.moore'simmortalpoemtothebearded,potbellied,life-sizebellringerfamiliaro