Christmas Story

Christmas is an important traditional festival in the West. On this day, people usually give each other gifts, hold feasts, decorate Christmas trees, prepare Christmas stockings, and wait for Santa Claus to come. There are many stories about Christmas. I have collected some of them. Let’s learn about them together. Story 1: Santa Claus

The legend of Santa Claus comes from European folklore. According to legend, Santa Claus is called Saint Nicholas. He lived in the 4th century AD. He was a kind, generous and rich man who was very good to children. The Orthodox Church respects Nicholas as a miracle worker.

Nicholas’s family is very wealthy, and his parents are both Catholics. Nikolai’s parents died young, so he gave all his property to poor people, joined the church himself, and served the society throughout his life. . After his death, people called him a saint, an old man with a white beard wearing a red robe and a red hat.

Nicholas did many charitable works in his life, and he always liked to help poor people in secret. Slowly Santa Claus became people's nickname for him. Story 2: Red-Nosed Reindeer-Rudolph

According to legend, Rudolph is the only red-nosed reindeer among Santa Claus’s reindeer. This made him feel very embarrassed, and the other reindeer laughed at him.

On Christmas Eve one year, Santa Claus was still preparing to travel around the world to deliver gifts to children. But a thick fog suddenly enveloped the land, and it was impossible to find the chimney in such weather. Then Rudolph's red nose suddenly began to shine in the fog. So Santa brought Rudolph to the sleigh and off they went! Rudolph leads Santa safely to each chimney. Its red nose penetrates the fog like a beacon! It was Rudolph who saved Christmas that year.

Rudolph became the most famous reindeer and was loved by everyone. The red nose that once made him feel inferior has become a unique feature. Story Three: The Origin of Christmas Stockings

According to legend, Santa Claus is the incarnation of Saint Nicholas. He was kind and charitable, and had done many good deeds during his lifetime. After his death, people missed him very much, and Santa Claus became people's nickname for him.

It is said that once he secretly gave three bags of gold to a poor man's three daughters as dowries. When he quietly threw the gold in through the chimney, one of the bags happened to fall in and dry in the fireplace. In a stocking on top. The next morning, the daughters woke up to find their stockings filled with gold, enough for their dowries. The nobleman was able to see his daughters get married and live happily ever after.

So the custom of putting gifts in stockings to give to children has been passed down. To this day, innocent children always solemnly hang stockings on the fireplace on Christmas Eve, waiting hopefully for Santa Claus to ride on a reindeer-drawn sleigh from the northern snow country. Come and give them gifts. Story 4: Santa Claus Village

It is said that there really is a Santa Claus Village in the world, where there are full-time Santa Clauses, and each Santa Claus needs professional training before he can take up the job. Santa Claus regard this profession as their life. They will be Santa Claus for the rest of their lives and will never do any other job. Walking along the North Pole Line, you can see the unique Santa Claus Village Post Office in the Arctic Circle. It is the busiest post office in Finland. I heard that it receives hundreds of thousands of letters from more than 150 countries and regions every year, and every letter is guaranteed to receive a reply. Santa's Post Office F1 - 96930 Arctic ?Ciarcle, Piniand Story 5: Christmas Tree

According to legend, a long time ago, on a snowy Christmas Eve, a farmer received a hungry and cold man child and gave her a sumptuous Christmas dinner. Later, when the child left, he broke off a fir branch and stuck it in the ground and said blessing: "On this day every year, the branches are full of gifts. I leave this beautiful fir village to repay your kindness." After the child left, the farmer found the branch. It turned into a small tree, and he realized that he was receiving a messenger from God.

Now, in the West, everyone prepares a Christmas tree every Christmas to increase the joyful atmosphere of the holiday. Christmas trees are usually made of evergreen trees such as fir and cypress, symbolizing eternal life. The tree is decorated with various lights, colorful flowers, toys, stars, and various Christmas gifts.

On Christmas night, people sing and dance around the Christmas tree and enjoy themselves.

The above are the Christmas stories I know. Friends, what other stories do you know?