Where did the legend of Santa Claus originally come from?

Judging from Santa's clothes, thick clothes, reindeer and sleigh, the old man must come from a very cold place with snow all year round, that is, northern Europe.

Origin: Nordic mythology

According to legend, in Finland in northern Europe, it snows all the year round, and the thick snow affects the life and production of local people. Finns believe that such heavy snow all the year round must be caused by the cold god, so they fantasize that another god can dispel the cold god and bring warmth, and warmth is nothing more than a gift. Therefore, Santa Claus was created. In fact, Cold God and Santa Claus are fictional characters, just like the Nian beast in China. The fictional prototype of Santa Claus comes from Odin, a god in Nordic mythology. In the Nordic mythology system, the most obvious feature of Odin's appearance is a white beard, but Odin's prototype is actually very strong and blind, so his appearance is optimized to make it conform to the image design that is kind and friendly to children. In this way, Santa Claus was completely created.

Allusions: socks on Christmas Eve

Santa Claus, formerly known as Nicholas, was born in patara, Asia Minor. His family is very rich and his parents are Catholic friends. When Nicholas grew up, he donated all his wealth to the poor and the poor, became a monk and devoted himself to the church. Later, he became a priest. In his life, he did a lot of charity work. He likes to help the poor in secret. Santa Claus was his later nickname. The name comes from the secret that he donated money to help three people.

It is said that there are three beautiful girls living not far from Nicholas. Their father is a poor scholar and often lives by borrowing goods. Once, because she was unable to pay her debts, she had to sell her beautiful and healthy third daughter to a creditor and take her to Africa as a maid. When the three daughters learned about this, they hugged each other and cried.

Nicholas knew about it and ran to their house to comfort him. In the evening, Nicholas put gold in three stockings and hung them in front of the windows of three girls. When they got the gold and paid off their father's debts, their third daughter was spared the fate of being a maid.

The next day was Christmas. Knowing that Nicholas had done something good, they invited him to celebrate and thank him. These three girls tell this story every Sunday. Hearing this, the children are very envious and hope that Santa Claus will give him a sock gift. ?

Moral: Get rid of difficulties and bring hope.

The moral of Santa Claus's creation was originally simple. At first it was to get rid of the cold god. Later, because some Europeans immigrated to North America and Australia, its influence became more and more important. Later, it became the children's favorite festival. However, whether children or adults, the moral of Santa Claus is to get rid of the current predicament and bring hope to life. It is also in line with the church's philosophy to believe that God cares for everyone.