2016圣诞节英语手抄报容：圣诞老
圣诞节英语手抄报容：圣诞老
the original santa claus st nicholas was born in the ancient southeastern turkish town of lycia early in the fourth century his generosity was legend and he was particularly fond of children we know this primarily through roman accounts of his patronage of youth which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children throughout the middle ages and well beyond he was referred to by many names none of them santa claus
children today would not at all recognize the st nick who brought gifts to european children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his cascading white beard he made his rounds in full redandwhite bishop＇s robes complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier he was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer but coaxed in indolent donkey and he arrived not late on christmas eve but on his christian feast day december 6 the gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small fruit nuts hard candies wood and clay figurines
during the protestant reformation of the sixteenth century st nicholas was banished from most european countries replacing him were more secular figures who in general were not at center stage at that point in historythe dutch kept the st nicholas tradition alive as the protector of sailors st nicholas graced the prow of the first dutch ship that arrived in america and the first church built in new york city was named after him the dutch brought with them to the new world two christmas items that were quickly americanized
in sixteenth century holland children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of st nicholas＇s arrival the shoes were filled with straw a meal for the saint＇s gift laden donkey in return nich
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圣诞节英语手抄报容：圣诞老
the original santa claus st nicholas was born in the ancient southeastern turkish town of lycia early in the fourth century his generosity was legend and he was particularly fond of children we know this primarily through roman accounts of his patronage of youth which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children throughout the middle ages and well beyond he was referred to by many names none of them santa claus
children today would not at all recognize the st nick who brought gifts to european children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his cascading white beard he made his rounds in full redandwhite bishop＇s robes complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier he was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer but coaxed in indolent donkey and he arrived not late on christmas eve but on his christian feast day december 6 the gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small fruit nuts hard candies wood and clay figurines
during the protestant reformation of the sixteenth century st nicholas was banished from most european countries replacing him were more secular figures who in general were not at center stage at that point in historythe dutch kept the st nicholas tradition alive as the protector of sailors st nicholas graced the prow of the first dutch ship that arrived in america and the first church built in new york city was named after him the dutch brought with them to the new world two christmas items that were quickly americanized
in sixteenth century holland children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of st nicholas＇s arrival the shoes were filled with straw a meal for the saint＇s gift laden donkey in return nich
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