Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s Me. How well do you know me?

Merry Christmas. And since it is Christmas week, we are going to talk about the most popular and most loved Christmas tradition. Yup, you guessed it right, it is the Santa Claus. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Santa, as all of us know, comes to visit us on the Christmas Eve, climbing down the chimney with gifts for the kids who have been good throughout the year and the ones who have been naughty get coal from him (I believed this throughout my childhood and probably still carry a part of it in me today as wellJ.)

Let us dive into the history to see how the tradition started and evolved through time.

A Santa Figure

Who was Santa Claus?

Santa, as we know him today, is significantly inspired by Saint Nicholas, a Greek bishop from 4^th century. He had a habit of secretly gifting the things of use to the needy and this turned in to the gift giving tradition of Santa. However, the appearance of Santa as white bearded man, wearing red fur was adopted from the illustration for Santa in a 19^th century poem “A visit from St. Nicholas” by Thomas Nast.

Santa has a list of all the children in the world

No Nerd notes this time, but some interesting traditions from around the world.

1. If you live in Hungary, expect St. Nicholas to visit you on the night of 5^th December instead of 24^th Dec, which is the date when little Jesus will visit you with gifts

2. American and Canadian children traditionally welcome Santa with a glass of Milk and cookies

3. Traditions do not forget the reindeer who run all the way through the snow to bring Santa to us. Children in New Zealand, Britain, US, Canada, Ireland & Australia keep carrot for the reindeer as well.

4. Santa is believed to live in his big home at North Pole where he has a workshop to make all the gifts. Elves help Santa in making these gifts.

WittyScribble wishes a merry Christmas to all the readers. May Santa visit you with best of his gifts. Ho! Ho! Ho!

And as always,

Thanks for reading.

Ayush!!!

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