St. Nicholas of Myra was a bishop in the second half of the fourth century of the city Myra (ancient name of Demre in Lycia (now Turkey). He is the patron of children, boys and girls, students, pharmacists, merchants, sailors, fishermen, perfume makers, coopers, and the victims of miscarriages of justice and lawyers; in the world is mostly known as Santa Claus or Santa Klaus; in Italy is also known as St. Nicholas of Bari, named after the city that houses the remains from the XI century.
St. Nicholas is one of the saints Christianity's most popular and star of many legends about miracles in favor of the needy.
Its emblem is the pastoral staff and three bags of coins (three golden balls). The cult was led in New York by the Dutch settlers (it is the protector of the city of Amsterdam). The patron saint is today, as well as sailors, traders and also why his effigy figure in the arms of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari According to tradition, on December 5 was carrying the gifts (the gift) to good children.
In some Eastern European countries, the tradition to bring a rod with children without merit, with which parents can punish them. In Bari, the cult is a very sensitive, and the first Sunday of May is celebrated the Saint with a long feast that follows the transfer of his bones in the city.
is celebrated on December 6.
is traditionally presented dressed as a bishop with miter and pastoral.
The current representation in red dress trimmed with white stems from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C.
of 1821 Moore, who described him as a cheerful, chubby ladies, contributing to the increase in the number of secularized Santa Claus.
All modern versions of Santa Claus come from the same historical figure: the bishop St. Nicholas of Myra. The legend of St. Nicholas is the foundation of this great Dutch Sinterklaas (the birthday of the Holy), which in turn gave rise to the myth and the name of Santa Claus in its many variations.
Santa Claus is an important part of Christmas tradition throughout the Western world.
In many traditions of the Orthodox Church, Santa Claus is identified with St. Basil and brings gifts to children on New Year's Day, which celebrates its feast.
representations of Santa Claus are also closely related to the character of Russian Grandfather Frost (Ded Moroz), who brings presents to children and is wearing a red jacket, fur boots and wears a long white beard.
Much of the iconography of Santa Claus seems to derive from the figure of Ded Moroz, primarily through its German equivalent Väterchen Frost.
The character that is currently known as Santa Claus in the Anglo-Saxon world meets the pre-modern representations of the bearer of gifts with a religious or popular with the British Father Christmas pre-existing. This goes back at least to the seventeenth century, and were left in the period illustrations that is represented as a bearded and burly man, dressed in a green coat down to his feet and decorated with fur. It represented the spirit of the goodness of Christmas, and is located in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens under the name Ghost of Christmas present.
For example, in the History of New York Washington Irving is an Americanized Sinterklaas to Santa Claus, but devoid of the attributes of bishops, represented first as burly Dutch sailor wrapped in a green cloak and with his pipe in his mouth. Irving's book was a satire of the Dutch community in New York, and many characters in the picture are due to His humorous invention.
Apparently, the modern look of Santa Claus has assumed its final form with the publication of the poem A visit from St. Nicholas, now better known under the title The Christmas Night (The Night Before Christmas), which took place in the newspaper Sentinel the city of Troy. The author of the story is traditionally believed to Clement Clarke Moore, although the attribution is controversial.
Santa Claus, there is a man described as a bit 'stocky with eight reindeer which are named for the first time in this version.
images of Santa Claus were further fixed in the collective imagination through its use in advertising Christmas Coca-Cola, made by Haddon Sundblom. The popularity of this image has meant that many urban legends that spread it to Coca-Cola attributed the invention of Santa Claus.
St. Nicholas is one of the saints Christianity's most popular and star of many legends about miracles in favor of the needy.
Its emblem is the pastoral staff and three bags of coins (three golden balls). The cult was led in New York by the Dutch settlers (it is the protector of the city of Amsterdam). The patron saint is today, as well as sailors, traders and also why his effigy figure in the arms of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari According to tradition, on December 5 was carrying the gifts (the gift) to good children.
In some Eastern European countries, the tradition to bring a rod with children without merit, with which parents can punish them. In Bari, the cult is a very sensitive, and the first Sunday of May is celebrated the Saint with a long feast that follows the transfer of his bones in the city.
is celebrated on December 6.
is traditionally presented dressed as a bishop with miter and pastoral.
The current representation in red dress trimmed with white stems from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C.
of 1821 Moore, who described him as a cheerful, chubby ladies, contributing to the increase in the number of secularized Santa Claus.
All modern versions of Santa Claus come from the same historical figure: the bishop St. Nicholas of Myra. The legend of St. Nicholas is the foundation of this great Dutch Sinterklaas (the birthday of the Holy), which in turn gave rise to the myth and the name of Santa Claus in its many variations.
Santa Claus is an important part of Christmas tradition throughout the Western world.
In many traditions of the Orthodox Church, Santa Claus is identified with St. Basil and brings gifts to children on New Year's Day, which celebrates its feast.
representations of Santa Claus are also closely related to the character of Russian Grandfather Frost (Ded Moroz), who brings presents to children and is wearing a red jacket, fur boots and wears a long white beard.
Much of the iconography of Santa Claus seems to derive from the figure of Ded Moroz, primarily through its German equivalent Väterchen Frost.
The character that is currently known as Santa Claus in the Anglo-Saxon world meets the pre-modern representations of the bearer of gifts with a religious or popular with the British Father Christmas pre-existing. This goes back at least to the seventeenth century, and were left in the period illustrations that is represented as a bearded and burly man, dressed in a green coat down to his feet and decorated with fur. It represented the spirit of the goodness of Christmas, and is located in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens under the name Ghost of Christmas present.
For example, in the History of New York Washington Irving is an Americanized Sinterklaas to Santa Claus, but devoid of the attributes of bishops, represented first as burly Dutch sailor wrapped in a green cloak and with his pipe in his mouth. Irving's book was a satire of the Dutch community in New York, and many characters in the picture are due to His humorous invention.
Apparently, the modern look of Santa Claus has assumed its final form with the publication of the poem A visit from St. Nicholas, now better known under the title The Christmas Night (The Night Before Christmas), which took place in the newspaper Sentinel the city of Troy. The author of the story is traditionally believed to Clement Clarke Moore, although the attribution is controversial.
Santa Claus, there is a man described as a bit 'stocky with eight reindeer which are named for the first time in this version.
images of Santa Claus were further fixed in the collective imagination through its use in advertising Christmas Coca-Cola, made by Haddon Sundblom. The popularity of this image has meant that many urban legends that spread it to Coca-Cola attributed the invention of Santa Claus.
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