Santa Claus's Birthday (Sinterklaas)

The name day of St Nicholas the Wonderworker falls on December 6th The Christian Saint, known for his kind heart and generosity, is the prototype of Santa Claus Nicholas the Pleasant, called Sinterklaas, was revered by the Dutch, who brought their culture to the New World, including the legend of the benefactor Santa Claus Over time, Catholic Christmas began to be associated with this fairy-tale character - a ruddy, white-bearded old man in a red suit with fur trim In his honor, Santa Claus's birthday (Sinterklaas) is celebrated on December 6th It is believed that the wizard's place of residence is the North Pole However, the Finns rightly pointed out that reindeer, Santa's faithful companions, cannot live in a harsh climate without moss Therefore, they “relocated” the fairy-tale character to Lapland There is a lot that is controversial and ambiguous in the image and legends that have developed around the wizard in a white and red suit In the team of Santa Claus, 8 magical deer with sonorous names are flying across the sky - Swift, Frisky, Thunder, Lightning The menacing names of the companions may not disturb admirers of the fairy-tale character But the black hand of his assistant, who delivers gifts from December 5 to 6 through the chimney pipe to obedient children, can be frightening Black Pete, Santa Claus's assistant, has the right to both reward and whip a child if he has committed bad deeds during the year This function was performed by the wizard's assistant until the 19th century In the first half of the twentieth century Black Pete became a friend of the guys, distributing gifts and gingerbread Santa's helper used to carry a book with him where he wrote down the good deeds and evil deeds of the children Now Black Pete has candy in his bag, which he generously scatters among the festive crowd History tells us that things are not exactly the same with the image of a fairy-tale wizard Before the Coca-Cola advertising campaign launched in 1931, Santa Claus was depicted as an elf in earthly socks or a stern hunter in a fur coat Michigan-based artist Haddon Sundblom created a different image for the famous soda maker Santa, with his light hand, has become a good-natured and smiling grandfather with a belly and a white beard, who wears a fur coat the same red color as a glass of Coca-Cola Legend has it that the artist copied the wizard's facial features partly from his friend Lou Prentice, and partly from himself So H Sandball created the Christmas manifesto: a creature endowed with immortality, which became an international icon and the embodiment of the spirit of the New Year holidays And only the birthday of Santa Claus refers us to his miraculous essence and Saint Nicholas the Pleasant - the prototype of the famous fairy-tale character Sinterklaas's luxuriant beard, sincere smile and light blush endear him to adults and children Thanks to marketers from Coca-Cola, a good wizard has appeared in the Catholic world, who is associated with magic, winter holidays and New Year's miracles However, the company's participation in the creation of the hero does not in any way detract from the role that Santa Claus plays in people's lives Each of us has illusions that he would not like to destroy,” said the famous theologian, humanist and thinker A Absheroni Therefore, the myth about the good-natured merry fellow in a red jacket has existed for decades, and December 6 marks the birthday of a real wizard - Santa Claus