你真的了解圣诞节吗?
他们，是圣诞节最核心的部分。让一棵冷杉树挤满你小小的起居室；吃一个外形奇怪的鸟兽；欢迎一个从烟囱闯进你家的“入侵者”；盯着第五块咸肉饼，好奇里面究竟会有些什么。<span word="How">How</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="began">began</span>? <span word="Let">Let</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="festive">festive</span> <span word="traditions">traditions</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="from">from</span>.有多少人会停下来想自己为什么要这样做？你真的懂圣诞吗？现在就来验证一下吧。</p>圣诞老人<span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="robes">robes</span>, <span word="white">white</span> <span word="beard">beard</span>, <span word="waist">waist</span>-<span word="slapping">slapping</span> <span word="jollity">jollity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="booming">booming</span> <span word="ho">ho</span>-<span word="ho">ho</span>-<span word="hos">hos</span>. <span word="He">He</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ever">ever</span>, <span word="hasn">hasn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="he">he</span>?身穿红色长袍，面长白色长胡，欢乐地拍打自己胖胖的腰部，发出“呵呵呵”的声音，他就是一直以这种形象陪伴我们成长，不是吗？<span word="Actually">Actually</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1935, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Haddon">Haddon</span> <span word="Sundblo">Sundblo</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Madison">Madison</span> <span word="Avenue">Avenue</span> <span word="advertising">advertising</span> <span word="man">man</span>, <span word="created">created</span> <span word="Santa">Santa</span> <span word="Claus">Claus</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Coca">Coca</span>-<span word="Cola">Cola</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span>.直到1935年，麦德逊大道（美国广告业中心）的广告人<span word="Haddon">Haddon</span> <span word="Sundblo">Sundblo</span>为了可口可乐运动创造了圣诞老人。<span word="In">In</span> <span word="previous">previous</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="thinner">thinner</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="paler">paler</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="character">character</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> 4<span word="th">th</span> <span word="Century">Century</span> <span word="Asian">Asian</span> <span word="bishop">bishop</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Nicholas">Nicholas</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="patron">patron</span> <span word="saint">saint</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>.先前他效仿四世纪一个叫的<span word="Nicholas">Nicholas</span>亚洲主教，把自己弄得既瘦又苍白。在欧洲大部分地方，孩子们都把这位主教看成是自己的保护神。<span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Holland">Holland</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="Sinterklaas">Sinterklaas</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="earned">earned</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="reputation">reputation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span> <span word="away">away</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wooden">wooden</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fireplace">fireplace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="fill">fill</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="sweets">sweets</span>.在荷兰，因为他经常派礼物给人们，赢得了不少名誉，人们称他为圣尼古拉。如果人们在火炉旁放置一对小小的木鞋子，他就会把它们塞满糖果。<span word="What">What</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Rudolph">Rudolph</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span>-<span word="nosed">nosed</span> <span word="reindeer">reindeer</span>? <span word="Debt">Debt</span>-<span word="ridden">ridden</span> <span word="shopworker">shopworker</span> <span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Mays">Mays</span> <span word="invented">invented</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1947 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hero">hero</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bestselling">bestselling</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span>.那红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫又是怎么来的？负债累累的店员<span word="Robert">Robert</span> <span word="Mays">Mays</span>在1947年创造了它作为畅销书的主角，因此赢得了丰厚的回报。</p>
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