Who is Santa Claus?

Santa Claus is called Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas or Santa (Santy in Irish English), a mysterious person who specializes in giving a gift to a child on Christmas Eve, a representative of the festive theme. one. He is generally regarded as the derivative image of Saint Nicholas, a Christian saint.

Legend of every night on the evening of December 24, a mysterious man will ride by nine reindeer pull the sleigh in the sky, from house to house from the chimney into the house, and then secretly put the gift on the bed of good children's bed, Or pile up under the Christmas tree next to the fireplace. He is at other times of the year, are busy making gifts and supervising the children's behavior.

Although no one really saw the mysterious look, but people will dressed as his way to give the child a gift. He is usually described as an old man, wearing a red hat, a big white beard, a red cotton, wearing red boots look like, holding a gift with a large bag, because the total Christmas eve appeared to distribute gifts, so Used to call him "Santa Claus".