Biography of the deer Santa

The character of Santa Claus, for the most part, is based on the story of St. Nicholas of Mirliki and Sinterx from Dutch traditions. They traveled on the white horses, but why then in some Western cultures, especially in America, Santa Claus travels around the world on Christmas Eve and brings gifts on a sleigh drawn by flying northern deer? In this work, he describes a character who moves along the tops of trees in the same van in which he brings gifts to children every year.

But we will not find mention of what this wagon moves. So where did the story come from about flying northern deer? How did such a modest and inconspicuous northern deer become an integral part of the main winter holiday in Western culture? The first appearance of the first well-known written mention of deer associated with the legend of Santa Claus appeared in the year.

In the same year, the New York printer William Gilly published a sixteen-page booklet entitled "New Year's gift for kids from five to twelve." For the first time, the book is introduced into the narrative of the deer of Santa Claus. During an interview with the year, the editor of the New York newspaper Troy Sentinel asked Mr. Gilly about Santa's northern deer.

And already in the year in the same newspaper the poem “Visit of St. Nicholas”, better known as “The Night Before Christmas”, was published. By the way, the author of the poem is still unknown. But he even portrayed eight flying deer pulling the sled Santa, and, moreover, they were first named by name. So, Santa had no deer until the X, and only after the “visit of St.

Nicholas” was his famous magic sled with the northern deer “presented” him. Before that, the forerunner of our beloved holiday had to move on foot. What kind of deer? What kind of deer are carried?

In most of the images, we see ordinary northern deer -size deer, known in North America as a “Caribbean”. However, in the original poem it was mentioned that Santa had “eight tiny deer”, and this may suggest that it was about the Spitsbergen Northern Deer, a native of Norway, who was just half the brothers. Please note that in the original poem there were only eight deer.

The first among equal terms all the manager is sonorous names, for example, Dasher Desher “Swift”, Vixen Vixen “Frighty” or Comet Comet Cometes. But the most famous is another - Rudolph. Charming, horned, with an outstanding red nose. Let's remember his story. The most famous northern deer appeared only in the year. His first appearance took place in an advertising book-coloring book, published by Montgomery Ward for the holidays.

The department stores distributed books through Santa to all the children who made purchases. This advertising material was written by Robert L. The sweetest that the author drew inspiration from his own history: he also grew up very modest and shy. In that famous story, Rudolph, distinguished by a red luminous nose, cannot find friends among brothers who do not want to communicate with him because of his nose.

But it so happened that it was his peculiarity that helped to save Christmas - Rudolf's nose illuminated the road for the harness of Santa on a foggy festive night. So there was another reason to love this charming beast. The story that began as a small coloring book became a full-fledged published work, and then grew into a song and even a film.