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The customs of the holiday season, which include St. Nicholas Day, New Years Day, and Epiphany, as well as Christmas, often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated and adapted for contemporary use. 又到了各种节日纷至沓来的时节，圣尼古拉斯节，新年，洗礼节，还有圣诞节。这些节日的风俗习惯和早期异教徒的传统相结合，它们的正确打开方式变得越来越现代化。 Customs that encourage little children to be good so as to deserve their Christmas gifts often come with a dark side: the punishment you'll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren't good! These nefarious characters vary from place to place, and they go by many different names and images. 因为它们变成了鼓励孩子好好表现才能得到圣诞礼物，有表现好的自然也有表现不好的，如果孩子表现不好，就会受到来自一个怪兽的惩罚。这些凶恶怪兽因各个地方的不同而有着不同的名字和形象。（下面我们就一起来看看~） | 
