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• 1、圣诞老人送礼物 英文
• 2、圣诞老人英文故事（简便）
• 3、圣诞节的故事英文20词
• 4、圣诞节的故事英文
• 5、圣诞老人的故事英文

圣诞老人送礼物 英文

The notoriouscha cheap skat christmas finally decided to have a party.Explaining to a friend how to find his apartment,he said,“Come up tothe5th floor andring the door opens,push with your foot.”“Why use my elbow and foot?”“Well,gosh,”was the reply,“You're not coming empty-handed,are you?”

圣诞老人英文故事（简便）

I remember my first Christmas party with Grandma.I was just a kid.I remember tearing1） across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb：“There is no Santa Claus，”she jeered.“ Even dummies2） know that.”

My grandma was not the gushy3） kind，never had been.I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me.I knew Grandma always told the truth，and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her world－famous cinnamon4） buns.

Grandma was home，and the buns were still warm.Between bites，I told her everything.She was ready for me.“No Santa Claus.”She snorted.“Ridiculous5）。 Don't believe it.That rumor6） has been going around for years，and it makes me mad，plain mad.Now，put on your coat，and let's go.”

“Go？Go where，Grandma？”I asked.I hadn't even finished my second cinnamon bun.

“Where” turned out to be Kerby's General Store，the one store in town that had a little bit of just about everything.As we walked through its doors，Grandma handed me ten dollars.That was a bundle in those days.“Take this money and buy something for someone who needs it.I'll wait for you in the car” Then she turned and walked out of Kerby's.

I was only eight years old.I'd often gone shopping with my mother，but never had I shopped for anything all by myself.The store seemed big and crowded，full of people scrambling to finish their Christmas shopping.For a few moments I just stood there，confused，clutching that ten－dollar bill，wondering what to buy，and who on earth to buy it for.

I thought of everybody I knew：my family，my friends，my neighbors，the kids at school，and the people who went to my church.I was just about thought out，when I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decker.He was a kid with bad breath and messy hair，and he sat right behind me in Mrs.Pollack's second grade class.

Bobbie Decker didn't have a coat.I knew that because he never went out for recess during the winter.His mother always wrote a note，telling the teacher that he had a cough，but all we kids knew that Bobbie Decker didn't have a cough，and he didn't have a coat.I fingered the ten－dollar bill with growing excitement.I would buy Bobbie Decker a coat.I settled on7） a red corduroy8） one that had a hood to it.It looked real warm，and he would like that.

“Is this a Christmas present for someone？” the lady behind the counter asked me kindly，as I laid my ten dollars down.

“Yes，”I replied shyly.“It's.……for Bobbie.”

The nice lady smiled at me.I didn't get any change，but she put the coat in a bag and wished me a Merry Christmas.

That evening，Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons，and write，“To Bobbie，From Santa Claus” on it.Grandma said that Santa always insisted on secrecy.Then she drove me over to Bobbie Decker's house，explaining as we went that I was now forever officially one of Santa's helps.

Grandma parked down the street from Bobbie's house，and she and I crept noiselessly and hid in the bushes by his front walk.Then Grandma gave me a nudge9）。“ All right，Santa Claus，”she whispered，“get going.”

I took a deep breath，dashed for his front door，threw the present down on his step，pounded his doorbell and flew back to the safety of the bushes and Grandma.Together we waited breathlessly in the darkness for the front door to open.Finally it did，and there stood Bobbie.

Forty years haven't dimmed the thrill of those moments spent shivering，beside my grandma，in Bobbie Decker's bushes.That night，I realized that t hose awful rumors about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said they were：ridiculous.Santa was alive and well，and we were on his team.

我记得小时候和奶奶一起过的第一次圣诞晚会。我当时还只是个孩子。我记得姐姐嘲弄的话好似晴空霹雳：“根本没有圣诞老人，连傻子都知道。”我哪里受得了这个，马上骑上自行车穿过镇上的街道直奔奶奶家。

奶奶不是个浮夸鼓噪的人，从不夸夸其谈。我找她因为我知道她肯定会告诉我真相。我知道奶奶讲的总是真的；而且，吃着奶奶那举世闻名的桂皮面包，她讲的话就更加中听了。

奶奶在家。她的桂皮面包才出炉不久。我一边嚼着面包，一边把姐姐的话告诉她。她对此早有准备，大声大气地说：“没有圣诞老人。简直胡说八道。你可别信那些。这个谣言散布了好些年了，真让我上火。来，把外套穿上，咱们走。”

“走？上哪儿呀，奶奶？”我问道。我还没吃完第二个桂皮面包呢。

那个“哪儿”原来是克比百货店，镇上惟一的百货店。进了门，奶奶递给我10块钱。那个时候10块钱可值钱呐。“买些东西给需要的人。我在车里等你。”她转身就出了店门。

我那时只有8岁。虽然常跟着妈妈逛商店，可从来没自个儿买过东西。那个又大又挤的商店塞满了为圣诞节购物的人。我捏着那张钞票，呆立了好一会儿，茫然不知该买什么，究竟买给谁。

我在脑里搜寻着每一个认得的人：家人、朋友、邻居、同学、教友。所有的人都快想了个遍，忽地想起了博比·德克尔。他有口臭和一头乱发。我们都在波拉克夫人教的二年级班上。他坐我后面。

我知道博比·德克尔没有大衣，因为他在冬天课间休息时从来也没出过教室。他母亲总是写条子给老师说他咳嗽。但我们都知道他不是咳嗽，而是没大衣。摸弄着那10块钱，我越想越兴奋，我要为博比·德克尔买一件大衣。我看准一件红色灯芯绒带帽子的，看起来真暖和。博比会喜欢的。

“是送别人的圣诞礼物吗？”当我把10块钱放在柜台上的时候，女店员很亲切地问道。

“是的，”我难为情地答道。“是给博比的。”

她对着我笑了。我以为她会找钱给我，但她没有，而是把大衣装进袋子里并祝我圣诞快乐。

那天晚上，奶奶帮我用彩纸和缎带把大衣包装起来，并题上了字：“给博比，圣诞老人赠。”奶奶说圣诞老人总坚持送礼得秘密进行。然后在开车送我去博比家的路上，她告诉我今后我将永远正式成为圣诞老人的助手之一了。

奶奶把车停在离博比家不远处的街边。我们悄悄地挨近他家，躲在房前过道的矮树丛里。奶奶轻轻用肘推了我一下。“好了，圣诞老人，”她低声地说，“开始行动。”

我深深吸了口气，冲到前门口，把礼物扔在门阶上，使劲按门铃，再飞奔回树丛里，和奶奶一块儿躲着。我们在黑暗中屏息等待前门开启。门终于开了，博比出现在门口。

40年光阴未曾减弱我在博比·德克尔家前的矮树丛中挨着奶奶颤抖时所感受到的激动。就在那天晚上，我认识到，那些有关圣诞老人的恶劣谣传，正如奶奶所说，全是“胡说八道”。圣诞老人活得好好的，而我们都是他的好帮手。

圣诞节的故事英文20词

⑴ 关于圣诞节的小故事英文

it is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. he lived a hard life and he has three daughters. the three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. on the happy chri *** as eve three girls went to bed early. they didn't know that their father was so worried.

at last the chri *** as father decided to help them . he besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. they lived a happy life from then on... chri *** as socks was origined by this.

传说有个心地善良的没落贵族，生活非常艰难。三个女儿快要出嫁了，他为没有钱给她们买嫁妆而难过。喜庆的圣诞夜，三个姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡觉了，剩下父亲在长吁短叹。圣诞老人决定帮助他们。他在他们家的烟囱里撒下了许多金子，落进姑娘们烤在火炉旁的长统 *** 里。从此，他们过上了幸福而快乐的生活……圣诞节的袜子就这样产生。

⑵ 圣诞节的故事英文版

另一个传说记载。据说有一位农民在一个风雪交加的圣诞夜里接待了一个饥寒交迫的小孩，让他吃了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐，这个孩子告别时折了一根杉树枝插在地上并祝福说：“年年此日，礼物满枝，留此美丽的杉村，报答你的好意。”小孩走后，农民发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树，他才明白自己接待的原来是一位上帝的使者。这个故事就成为圣诞树的来源。在西方，不论是否基督徒，过圣诞节时都要准备一棵圣诞树，以增加节日的欢乐气氛。圣诞树一般是用杉柏之类的常绿树做成，象征生命长存。树上装饰着各种灯烛、彩花、玩具、星星，挂上各种圣诞礼物。圣诞之夜，人们围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞，尽情欢乐

英语 It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy Chri *** as Eve and gave him a big chrisemas meal. The boy cut a Fir tree's branch and inserted it into the earth.He said, "every year this time. there will be many presents in this branch. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree. " After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grow up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god. This is the origin of the chri *** as day. In western countries, Whatever you are, everyone will prepare a chri *** as tree to increase the happiness of the chri *** as day. Chri *** as trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives.People put candles,flowers,toys,stars on the tree and they put chri *** as present on the tree. On Chri *** as Eve,people sing and dance happily and they enjoy themselves around the tree.

⑶ 圣诞节小故事英文版

1 圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔. 也传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来,所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教,名叫圣尼古拉,死后被尊为圣徒,是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头.每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来,由烟囱进入各家,把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前.所以,西方人过圣诞节时,父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里,圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上.第二天,孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物

英语：Chri *** as Father was the descendant of a deity called Odin. It's also said that Chri *** as Father es from San Nichola, so he is also called St.Nicholas. He was the bishop of Asia Minor city of Rafah and he was called a man of God after his death. He is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hat.He has white mustache. He es from the north on a blowmobile every Chri *** as Day. He went into people's houses by the track and he put the presents into children's socks. So in western countries,parents put the gifts to their kids in kids' socks and put them on the head of the bed on Chri *** as Eve. On the second day, the first thing after kids wake up is to find the presents from Chri *** as Fathers.

2 传说有个心地善良的没落贵族,生活非常艰难.三个女儿快要出嫁了,他为没有钱给她们买嫁妆而难过.喜庆的圣诞夜,三个姑娘早早地蜷在炕上睡觉了,剩下父亲在长吁短叹.圣诞老人决定帮助他们.他在他们家的烟囱里撒下了许多金子,落进姑娘们烤在火炉旁的长统 *** 里.从此,他们过上了幸福而快乐的生活……圣诞节的袜子就这样产生

英语 It is said that there was a goodness man went broke his domain. He lived a hard life and he has three daughters. The three daughters were being married but he didn't have money to buy dower for his daughters. On the happy Chri *** as Eve three girls went to bed early. They didn't know that their father was so worried. At last the Chri *** as father decided to help them . He besprinkled gold through the stack and the gold fell into the socks of the man's daughters. They lived a happy life from then on... Chri *** as socks was origined by this.

3 另一个传说记载.据说有一位农民在一个风雪交加的圣诞夜里接待了一个饥寒交迫的小孩,让他吃了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐,这个孩子告别时折了一根杉树枝插在地上并祝福说：“年年此日,礼物满枝,留此美丽的杉村,报答你的好意.”小孩走后,农民发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树,他才明白自己接待的原来是一位上帝的使者.这个故事就成为圣诞树的来源.在西方,不论是否基督徒,过圣诞节时都要准备一棵圣诞树,以增加节日的欢乐气氛.圣诞树一般是用杉柏之类的常绿树做成,象征生命长存.树上装饰着各种灯烛、彩花、玩具、星星,挂上各种圣诞礼物.圣诞之夜,人们围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞,尽情欢乐

英语 It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy Chri *** as Eve and gave him a big chrisemas meal. The boy cut a Fir tree's branch and inserted it into the earth.He said, "every year this time. there will be many presents in this branch. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree. " After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grow up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an envoy of the god. This is the origin of the chri *** as day. In western countries, Whatever you are, everyone will prepare a chri *** as tree to increase the happiness of the chri *** as day. Chri *** as trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives.People put candles,flowers,toys,stars on the tree and they put chri *** as present on the tree. On Chri *** as Eve,people sing and dance happily and they enjoy themselves around the tree.

⑷ 关于圣诞节英语介绍少一点20个词左右

christmas day is important in western countries.it es on december 25.people have several days off from their work.they go back home to get together for a big dinner.there is a christmas tree in eac

译文：圣诞节在西方国家很重要，12月25日是人们下班的日子，他们回家吃一顿大餐。在东非共同体有一棵圣诞树。

法国的一般成年人，在圣诞前夕差不多都要到教会参加子夜弥撒。在完毕后，家人同去最年老的已婚的哥哥或姊姊的家里，团聚吃饭。这个集会，讨论家中要事，但遇有家人不和睦的，在此后也前嫌冰释，大家要和好如初了，所以圣诞在法国是一个仁慈的日子。

西班牙的儿童会放鞋子在门外或窗外，接收圣诞礼物。在许多城市里有礼物给最美丽的子女。牛在那天也能得到很好的待遇。据说在耶稣诞生时，曾有一头牛向他吐气来使到他得到温暖。

意大利每一个意大利的家庭，都放有耶稣诞生故事的模型景物。在圣诞前夕，家人团聚吃大餐，到午夜时参加圣诞弥撒。完毕之后，便去访问亲友，只有小孩和年老的人得到礼物。在圣诞节，意大利人有一种很好的风俗，儿童们作文或撰诗歌，表示感谢他们的父母在这年来给他们的教养。

他们的作品，在未吃圣诞大餐之前，被暗藏在餐巾里、碟子的下面或是桌布里，父母装作看不见。在他们吃完大餐之后，便把它取回，向大家朗读。

瑞典人是很好客的，圣诞节时，更有明显的表现，每一个家庭，不论贫富，都欢迎朋友，甚至陌生人也可以去，各种食品摆在桌上，任人来吃。

瑞士的圣诞老人是穿白色的长袍，戴上假面具的。他们都是由贫苦人所扮，结队向人讨取食品和礼物。在收队后，他们就平分所得的东西。

⑸ 圣诞节的英文介绍带中文翻译20词

Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ..圣诞来节是基督教为了庆祝耶稣的源诞生而设定的节日。

No one knows the exact date of Christ's birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25.没有人知道耶稣是在哪一天出生的，但是大多数基督教徒选择了12月25日作为圣诞节。

On this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services.在这一天，许多人来到教堂参加各种特殊的宗教服务。

During the Christmas season, they also exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees在圣诞期间，他们互相交换礼物用神圣的圣诞花圣诞树装饰自己的屋子

⑹ 关于圣诞英语小故事，急！！！（要简短的，不能太长，大概20~30字）

Christmas carols

The tradition of carol singing originated from the carolling practised by the Waits in the fourteenth century. Waits were royal singers who were sent by the court to perform. in selected homes for treats, pennies and/or fun. "Carol" means a circle dance acpanied by a song. Most Christmas carols we sing now were posed around 1400-1600's.

⑺ 圣诞节短故事英文版并且有中文版的解释

There is a story about Jesus's birth. It is said that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary by the Holy Spirit. God sent messenger Gabriel to Joseph in his dream, asking him not to leave her because he was unmarried. Instead, he wanted to marry her and name the child "Jesus", meaning that he wanted to save the people from sin.

In order to memorate the birth of Jesus, the following generations set December 25 as Christmas, and celebrated the birth of Jesus with annual mass.

耶稣的出生是有一段故事的，据说耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女马利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为马利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。

后人为纪念耶稣的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年望弥撒，纪念耶稣的出世。

⑻ 圣诞节故事20字英文(带翻译)

写作思路：根据圣诞为主题，以送礼物为基调来展开描写，紧扣叙述与描写的内容，力求做到不突兀、不生硬，不长篇大论或肆意抒情，有情真意切之感。

范文：

Chri *** as Father was the descendant of a deity called Odin It＇s also said that Chri *** as Father es from San Nichola。 He was the bishop of Asia Minor city of Rafah and he was called a man of God after his death He is an old man in red clothes and he wears a red hatHe has white mustache

圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。 也传说称圣诞老人由圣尼古拉而来。据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。

He es from the north on a blowmobile every Chri *** as Day He went into people＇s houses by the track and he put the presents into children＇s socks So in western countries，parents put the gifts to their kids in kids＇ socks and put them on the head of the bed on Chri *** as Eve

每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。

On the second day， the first thing after kids wake up is to find the presents from Chri *** as Fathers

第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物。

⑼ 圣诞节的传说英文版70词

Santa Claus for the descendants of the God odin. Santa Claus is also said to e from Santa Nicola, so Santa Claus also known as St.Nicholas. It is said that he was in Asia Minor city of Rafah every bishop named St. Nicola, after the death of sainthood, wearing a red, white beard wearing a red hat. Every Christmas he drives a sleigh drawn by deer from the north, into the house by the chimney, and the Christmas presents in the stockings on the children's bed or before the fire. So when westerners celebrate Christmas, parents place Christmas presents for children in stockings and hang them on their children's beds on Christmas Eve. On the second day, the first thing a child wakes up is looking for a present from Santa Claus on the bedside.

圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas。据说他原是小亚细亚每拉城的主教，名叫圣尼古拉，死后被尊为圣徒，是一位身穿红袍、头戴红帽的白胡子老头。每年圣诞节他驾着鹿拉的雪橇从北方而来，由烟囱进入各家，把圣诞礼物装在袜子里挂在孩子们的床头上或火炉前。所以，西方人过圣诞节时，父母把给孩子的圣诞礼物装在袜子里，圣诞夜时挂在孩子们的床头上。第二天，孩子们醒来后的第一件事就是在床头上寻找圣诞老人送来的礼物。

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圣诞节的故事英文

圣诞节的故事如下：

Once upon a time, there was a head of the American consulate named Miro, and he had a wife.

His wife is a person who is dark and poisonous at heart and wants something from someone else.

Christmas is coming, my dear wife, what gift would you like? When her husband asked her this, she lied and said, "I want a little hat to protect my head, because the cold winter is gradually coming to us."

However, she didn't think so in her heart. She wanted to pretend to be Santa Claus, because Santa Claus can enter the Royal Ball on Christmas night, so that he can meet the great king and queen.

On Christmas night, after Santa Claus had attended the ball, he would deliver gifts from house to house, and finally, to Milo's house.

The next morning, Milo's wife woke up from her sleep. She hurriedly put on the hat that Santa Claus gave her. Suddenly, the hat quickly shrank into a ball. She hurriedly shouted, "Help! Help!"

At this moment, Santa Claus appeared, and Santa Claus said, "Young man, you must cherish your life now, and don't just think about other people's things."

This time, it was a lesson for Milo's wife.

对照译文：

从前，有一个叫米罗的美国领事馆馆长，他有一个太太。

他的太太是一个内心又黑又毒而且希望有别人东西的人。

圣诞节快到了，我尊敬的太太，你希望要什么礼物呢？她的丈夫这样问她，她便撒谎说：“我希望要一顶小帽子，保护着我的头部，因为寒冷的冬天渐渐地来到我们身边。”

但是，她的内心并不是这样想的，她是想冒充圣诞老人，因为圣诞老人在圣诞节的夜晚可以进入皇家舞会，这样，就可以见到伟大的国王和王后。

圣诞节的夜晚，圣诞老人参加完舞会后，就挨家挨户送礼物，最后，送到了米罗家。

第二天早上，米罗的太太从睡梦中醒来，她急忙戴上了圣诞老人送给她的帽子，突然，帽子迅速缩成了团，她连忙叫道：“救命啊！救命啊！”

就在这时，圣诞老人出现了，圣诞老人说：“年轻人，你一定要珍惜现在的生活，不要只想着别人的东西。”

这一次，是给米罗的太太的一个教训。

圣诞节的意义

十九世纪发展至中叶，整个欧洲、美洲开始过起了圣诞节。并衍生出了相应的圣诞文化。改革开放后，圣诞节在中国传播地尤为突出，至二十一世纪初，圣诞节有机地结合了中国当地习俗，发展日趋成熟。吃苹果、带圣诞帽、寄送圣诞贺卡，参加圣诞派对，圣诞购物等成了中国人生活的一部分。

如今圣诞节、圣诞老人和圣诞树的形象在世界各地都深入了孩子们的内心。圣诞节到来之际，许多家长会给孩子们讲圣诞节的由来和习俗，让孩子们体会到圣诞节背后的意义，懂得爱，懂得分享，懂得感恩和回报。

圣诞老人的故事英文

The legend of Saint Nicholas

History tells us that the origin of Santa Claus begins in the 4th century with Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (an area in present day Turkey). One of the legends tells about that he acquired a fortune when his parents died while he was still in his teens. By nature St.Nicholas was a generous and honest man, particularly devoted to children. He also cared deeply for the poor. He brought various gifts, money and other useful items to the houses of the poor. He did this at night, and in secrecy, so that no one knew, as he wanted no glory, he just wanted to help people. He became widely known for his generosity.

There is one famous legend about Saint Nicholas. The story tells of Nicholas hearing one day of three beautiful sisters who lived in a miserable hut on the edge of Myra. The three sisters were very poor. They could barely earn enough to keep themselves and their old mother from starving to death. When Nicholas heard of their plight, he was very concerned. He decided to do something to help them.

One night, when everyone was asleep, Nicholas crept through the streets to the edge of town. Quietly, he tiptoed up to the hut where the three sisters lived. He climbed onto the roof and dropped three bags of gold through the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. Now it so happened that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings has been hung by the fire to dry. When Nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking.

The three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. Soon, the story began to spread. Other people began to hang up stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. From this legend sprang the custom of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas.

After his death around 350 A.D. he was buried in Myra, but in 1087 Italian sailors purportedly stole his remains and removed them to Bari, Italy, greatly increasing St. Nicholas' popularity throughout Europe. His kindness and reputation for generosity and love for children gave rise to claims that he could perform miracles and devotion to him increased. St. Nicholas became the patron saint of Russia, where he was famous for his red cape, flowing white beard, and bishop's mitre. In Greece, he is the patron saint of sailors; in France he was the patron of lawyers, and in Belgium the patron of children and travelers. The Dutch kept the legend of St. Nicholas alive. In 16th century Holland, Dutch children would place their wooden shoes by the hearth in hopes that they would be filled with a treat and goodies.

Santa Claus myth

Children in countries around the world await a visit from a mysterious bringer of gifts at Christmas time. He is Santa Claus.

Conventionally, Santa Claus is portrayed as a kindly, round-bellied, merry, bespectacled old man in a red suit trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard.

On Christmas Eve, he rides in his flying sleigh lifted by reindeers from house to house to give presents to children. In most countries, it is said that he lives near the North Pole. He comes into houses down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds or in front of the family Christmas tree.

圣尼古拉的传说

据史料记载，圣诞老人的原型是公元4世纪的圣尼古拉，他是米拉（位于今土耳其境内）的主教。有一种传说认为在他十多岁的时候父母双亡，给他留下一大笔财产。圣尼古拉生来就是个慷慨正直的人，尤其喜爱孩子，还很关心穷苦人，给穷人家里送去各种礼物、钱以及其他有用的物品。他一般都是在夜里秘密地做这些事，这样就没人知道，因为他并不想获得什么赞颂，只是想帮助别人。很快，他就因自己的慷慨而广为人知。

有一个关于圣尼古拉的著名传说，讲的是有一天，尼古拉听说在米拉镇边界上一所简陋的小屋里住着美丽的三姐妹。她们非常穷，赚钱很少，几乎难以保证自己和老母亲不被饿死。尼古拉听说了三姐妹的悲惨境况后非常担忧，决定帮助她们。

一天夜里，当大家都入睡后，尼古拉蹑手蹑脚地穿街走巷，来到了小镇边界。他悄悄地踮起脚走到三姐妹住的小屋旁，爬上屋顶，把三袋金子顺着房顶炉火冒烟的洞口扔了下去。而三姐妹上床前恰巧刚洗完自己的长袜，把它们挂在炉火旁烘干。就在尼古拉把金子透过烟囱扔下去时，每袋金子分别落入了一只袜子中。

第二天一早，三姐妹醒来，发现她们的长袜里竟然有三袋金子，她们欣喜若狂。很快，这个故事便流传开来。其他人也开始把袜子挂起来，希望第二天早上醒来也能发现一袋袋的金子。圣诞夜那天把袜子挂在烟囱旁的习俗就是由这个传说而来。多年来，人们就把圣尼古拉与圣诞节联系在了一起。

圣尼古拉在约公元350年去世后，被葬于米拉；但据称在1087年，意大利水手们偷走了他的遗骨，转运到了意大利的（东南部港市）巴里，从而大大提升了圣尼古拉在整个欧洲的知名度。他的善良、慷慨以及对孩子的喜爱都让人们认为他会施魔法，人们更加热爱他了。圣尼古拉成了俄罗斯人的守护神，在那里，他以身披红斗篷，留着飘逸的白胡须，戴着主教法冠而闻名。在希腊，他是水手的守护神；在法国，他是律师的庇佑人；在比利时他则是孩子和旅行者的保护神。荷兰人一直都传颂着圣尼古拉的传说。在 16世纪的荷兰，孩子们会把他们的木鞋放在壁炉边，希望里面会装满礼物和糖果。

圣诞老人的神话

在圣诞节期间，世界各地的孩子们都会期盼一位神秘送礼者的到来，他就是圣诞老人。

通常，圣诞老人被描绘成一个亲切和善、大腹便便、兴高采烈、戴着眼镜的老人。他穿着一套装饰有白色皮毛的红衣服，胡子又白又长。

在圣诞夜，他会乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇从一幢房子飞到另一幢房子，给孩子们带来礼物。在大多数国家里，人们认为他住在北极附近。午夜时分，他从烟囱上爬下来，进到屋里，把送给孩子们的礼物放到他们床边的袜子或袋子中，要么就放在家里的圣诞树前。