Do you expect him to bring you gifts too: Who is Santa Claus?

The view that Santa Claus, called Santa Claus in modern times, historically evolved from Hagia Nikola is quite common. It is known that Hagia Nikola, who lived in Demre, Turkey, in the 4th century, was a Greek priest who was very religious and devoted his life to raising and teaching his religion.

Agios Nikolaos was faithful and humble enough to be considered miraculous, as was believed for all early Christian saints. The main point that made Aya Nikola legendary was the habit of giving gifts to people secretly.

According to the belief, Saint Nicholas is the protector of sailors, merchants, archers, fresh thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students in various European cities and countries.

The figure of Santa Claus, who is chubby, dressed in red, with a white beard, and can fly with a sleigh pulled by reindeer, is an image that has developed in modern times with the commercialization of celebrations and the tendency of companies to provide economic rent to themselves.

Santa's reindeers

In appearance, he has a Santa Claus belly, wears red clothes, wears a red hat, carries a red sack on his back, has a long and white beard, and actually looks like a great grandfather. He makes toys for children with his elves. Again, legend has it that Santa Claus has a sled vehicle and flying reindeer pulls it. Thus, Santa Claus quickly reaches the houses where he will distribute gifts without being seen by anyone.

The names of the 9 reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed.

HOW DID SPRING COME ABOUT?

The Santa Claus character has its roots in Pagan culture and ancient Norse mythology. Paganism was widespread before Christianity was born. With the birth of Christianity, those who changed their religion inevitably took inspiration from their old traditions and carried the motifs of Pagan culture to Christianity. Santa's tradition of handing out gifts is rooted in the Norse god Odin.

The origin of Christmas dates back to Pagans. This tradition, in which the birth of the Sun God Amon - Ra was celebrated in the era of Ancient Egypt and the pharaohs, changed form with the ancient Persians and the Roman Empire and was eventually incorporated into the Christian religion as Christmas. With the adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire, this holiday of Pagan origin became the holy day of Christianity.

WHERE DOES Santa Claus LIVE?

"Santa Claus Village", or Santa Claus Village, in Finland's arctic region Lapland is flooded with visitors every New Year's Eve.

Children, especially those visiting the symbolic village, list the gifts they want with the cards they wrote for Santa Claus.