Santa Claus

Santa Claus, wanda aka fi sani da Uba Kirsimeti, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, ko kuma kawai Santa, mutum ne mai tauraro wanda ya samo asali daga al'adun Kirista na Yammacin duniya wanda aka ce yana kawo kyaututtuka a maraice da kuma dare a ranar Kirsimeti ga yara masu "kyawawan", ko kuma ko dai gawayi ko babu komai ga yara "marasa kunya". An ce yana yin hakan ne ta hanyar taimakon elves na Kirsimeti, waɗanda ke yin kayan wasan yara a wurin aikinsa na Arewa, da kuma barewa masu tashi waɗanda ke jan motarsa ​​ta sama.

Siffar Santa ta zamani ta dogara ne akan al'adun gargajiya da suka shafi Saint Nicholas, siffa ta Uba ta Ingila, da siffa ta Sinterklaas ta Holland.

Galibi ana kwatanta Santa a matsayin mutum mai fara'a, mai fara'a, mai gemu fari, wanda galibi yana sanye da kayan kallo, sanye da jajayen riga mai farin abin wuya da mayafi, wando ja mai farin hula mai gashi, hula ja mai farin gashi, da bel da takalma na fata baƙi, yana ɗauke da jaka cike da kyaututtuka ga yara. Ana yawan kwatanta shi da dariya ta hanyar da take kama da "ho ho ho". Wannan hoton ya shahara a Amurka da Kanada a ƙarni na 19 saboda tasirin waƙar 1823 mai suna "Ziyarar St. Nicholas". Mai zane-zane kuma mai zane-zanen siyasa Thomas Nast shi ma ya taka rawa wajen ƙirƙirar hoton Santa. An kiyaye wannan hoton kuma an ƙarfafa shi ta hanyar waƙa, rediyo, talabijin, littattafan yara, al'adun Kirsimeti na iyali, fina-finai, da talla.