What is the state and character of chimney constellation _ chimney?

Why did Santa Claus climb in through the chimney?

The prototype of Santa Claus is the kind teacher Saint Nicholas. One Christmas night, he threw some gold into the chimney of a poor family, and the gold just fell into the socks by the fireplace. From then on, there was a saying that Santa Claus drilled the chimney to give gifts.

Other interesting sayings:

1, the reason why Santa Claus drills the chimney is that everyone closes the doors and windows at night! If you can't get into the children's house without drilling the chimney, you can't give gifts!

2. Santa Claus has seen * * "Home alone" and knows that if you leave the front door of your child's house without an appointment, there will be a big fart pier at the door. Going through the back door for fear of being bitten by dogs, climbing the window for fear of being caught by thieves ... I was forced to climb the chimney.

There is a superhero Santa Claus in the famous American Marvel comic book Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. Like Professor X Wan Ciwang, he is also a mutant. Superpowers include: longevity, passing through any chimney safely, traveling around the world in an instant (giving gifts), turning yourself into anything, making snow, and distinguishing whether children are naughty or not. With this stunt of safely passing through any chimney, of course, you will borrow the chimney to give gifts!

trace (back) to the source of sth

165438+At the end of the 20th century, Italian religious soldiers brought the relics of Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Asia Minor to Italy and built a church in the port city of Bari to commemorate him. Soon, Christians from all over the world flocked to worship the saint. These pilgrims brought the story of saint nicholas back to their homeland, so the legend about Santa Claus has its own characteristics in different countries.

/kloc-in the 0/2 century, St. Nicholas's Day appeared in Europe, with giving gifts and charitable activities as the main activities.

When the Dutch colonists came to America, they took their bishop Cindy Glass with them. Sintirklass is wearing a red cassock and riding a white horse. Cindy glass's American image has gradually evolved into a happy old elf. At first, American writer washington irving described him as a round and fat Dutch old man in his comedy The History of new york. 1823, the poet Clement Moore continued to dramatize the image of saint nicholas in his poem Impression of saint nicholas.

Thomas Nash was a cartoonist in 1960s. He drew a fat and kind Santa Claus as an illustration of Harper's Week. The image of Santa Claus began to take root in the hearts of Americans. With the passage of time, the image of Santa Claus has been transmitted back to Europe, South America and the whole world.