Santa kilausi

Santa Claus, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, kapena kungoti Santa, ndi munthu wodziwika bwino wochokera ku chikhalidwe cha Chikhristu cha Kumadzulo amene amati amabweretsa mphatso madzulo komanso usiku wonse pa Khirisimasi kwa ana "abwino", komanso malasha kapena osapereka kalikonse kwa ana "osauka". Akuti amachita izi mothandizidwa ndi abulu a Khirisimasi, omwe amapanga zoseweretsa mu workshop yake ya ku North Pole, ndi mphalapala wouluka amene amakoka sleigh yake mlengalenga.

Chifaniziro cha Santa wamakono chimachokera ku miyambo yakale yokhudza Saint Nicholas, chifaniziro cha Father Christmas cha ku England, ndi chifaniziro cha ku Dutch cha ku Sinterklaas.

Santa nthawi zambiri amawonetsedwa ngati munthu wodzitukumula, wosangalala, komanso wandevu zoyera, nthawi zambiri wokhala ndi ziwonetsero, atavala jekete lofiira lokhala ndi kolala yoyera ya ubweya ndi ma cuffs, thalauza lofiira lokhala ndi ubweya woyera, chipewa chofiira chokhala ndi ubweya woyera, ndi lamba wakuda wachikopa ndi nsapato, atanyamula thumba lodzaza ndi mphatso za ana. Amawonetsedwa nthawi zambiri akuseka mwanjira yomwe imamveka ngati "ho ho ho". Chithunzichi chinatchuka ku United States ndi Canada m'zaka za m'ma 1800 chifukwa cha mphamvu yayikulu ya ndakatulo ya 1823 ya "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Wojambula zithunzi za anthu odziwika bwino komanso wojambula ndale Thomas Nast nayenso adachita nawo gawo popanga chithunzi cha Santa. Chithunzichi chasungidwa ndikulimbikitsidwa kudzera mu nyimbo, wailesi, wailesi yakanema, mabuku a ana, miyambo ya Khirisimasi ya mabanja, mafilimu, ndi malonda.