圣诞节长桶袜的来源

相传圣诞老人是当年小亚细亚米拉城的主教圣尼古拉斯的化身。他为人仁慈，乐善好施，生前做过许多好事。他死后，人们十分怀念他，把他称为爱护儿童之神。他的故事在欧美已经传为神话。据说，有一次他曾经偷偷把三袋金子送给一个穷人的三个女儿做嫁检，当他悄悄地把金子从烟囱口扔进去时，有一袋恰巧掉进晾在壁炉上的一只长统袜子里。于是在长统袜子中装进礼物送给儿童的习俗便流传下来了。直到今天，天真的孩子们还总是在圣诞节前夜郑重其事地把长统袜挂在壁炉上，满怀希望地等待圣诞老人像传说中所讲的那样，从北方雪国乘坐八匹驯鹿拉的雪橇前来把礼物送给他们。圣诞老人在孩子们心中真是既亲切又神秘。
Handed down Santa Claus is same year Asia minor Bishop Mi Lacheng thesaint Nicolas's incarnation. His manner is benevolent, enjoys doingcharitable things, before death has done many good deeds. After hedied, the people extremely fondly remember him, is called himcherishes god of the child. His story in the European and Americanalready classics and commentaries was a myth.It is said, some he once secretly gave a poor person three bags ofgold three daughters to do marries examines, when he quietly threw thegold from the chimney mouth, some bag fell by chance dries in the sunon the fireplace in a long sock.Thereupon loaded into the gift in the long sock to give child's customthen to spread down. U