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| Dec 22, 2005 01:39 | #11   |
 | Hi,Jukka, QUOTE:"As well Joulupukki (Santa Claus in Finnish) is a name of an old Finnish gnome or brownie." I just heard that Finland is the motherland of Santa Claus,and he lived in a village in the north of Finland! Really???  |
| Dec 22, 2005 01:49 | #12 |
| Yes, this is true. But commercial Joulupukki is living in the village, non-commercial Joulupukki is living in small mountain called Korvatunturi in the north side of Polar Circle, near Russian border. The place is impossible to visit, so commercial one is living in the village... And the original Joulupukki was living just somewhere near every house. He hasn't red clothes and he was more like a buck, an animal than an old man... But basicly you are right, Santa Claus is living in Finland. But reindeers can't fly, just Americans believe that... Jukka |
| Dec 22, 2005 01:57 | #13 |
| Thanks a lot,Jukka! And now,I know that there are two Joulupukki in the world,LOL! What's the name of the village???In chinese,Luo Wa Nie Mi,can you tell me the finnish name??? I envy that you have a white christmas...... Merry Christmas!!!  |
| Dec 22, 2005 02:16 | #14 |
| Hmmm.... According this www-page the story is little different I told: http://www.santaclaus.fi/ ---klip from this page--- Rovaniemi, located near the Arctic Circle, is Santa Claus’ hometown Around the Arctic Circle wrap up warm in this winter wonderland for the freezing weather with air still and blue make cheeks redden and noses run. Santa Claus, is not afraid of chilly weather – under his thick, red coat he is snug and very warm, as he commutes from Korvatunturi in Eastern Finish Lapland to Rovaniemi every day. ---klip end--- So Rovaniemi is the name of the town. There are hundreds of kilometers from Korvatunturi to Rovaniemi... But only one Santa Claus, they claims... |
| Dec 22, 2005 02:27 | #15 |
| In the UK we call him Santa Claus or Father Christmas! Also we believe he lives at the North Pole (at least, that's where we tell children to write their letters to!) However, he also appears to live in Lapland and various other places according to the web ;) Ho Ho Ho!! PS: California, in China, do you call Santa Shangdan laoren ?  |
| Dec 22, 2005 03:56 | #16 |
| Hi, LEMONCACTUS, wish you won't mind my answer to your question to California! :) Yes, in China, we call Santa Shengdan Laoren. It means that an old man in Christmas brings happiness and presents to all the people. I have to say that he is really a lovely old man. :p |
| Dec 22, 2005 21:00 | #17 |
| Why do people give each other presents on Christmas day? The tradition of gifts seems to have started with the gifts that the wise men (the Magi) brought to Jesus. As recounted in the Bible's book of Matthew, "On coming to the house they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh." As mentioned in the previous question, however, no one was really in the habit of exchanging elaborate gifts until late in the 1800s. The Santa Claus story (described later), combined with an amazing retailing phenomenon that has grown since the turn of the century, has made gift giving a central focus of the Christmas tradition. |
| Dec 22, 2005 21:04 | #18 |
| Is December 25 really the day Jesus was born? No one really knows. What is known is that Christian leaders in 336 A.D. set the date to December 25 in an attempt to eclipse a popular pagan holiday in Rome (Saturnalia) that celebrated the winter solstice. Originally, the celebration of Christmas involved a simple mass, but over time Christmas has replaced a number of other holidays in many other countries, and a large number of traditions have been absorbed into the celebration in the process (as we will see in later sections). |
| Dec 22, 2005 21:10 | #19 |
| Who is this Santa Claus person? According to tradition, he was born in the ancient Lycian seaport city of Patara, and, when young, he traveled to Palestine and Egypt. He became bishop of Myra soon after returning to Lycia. He was imprisoned during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians but was released under the rule of Emperor Constantine the Great and attended the first Council (325) of Nicaea. After his death he was buried in his church at Myra, and by the sixth century his shrine there had become well known. In 1087, Italian sailors or merchants stole his alleged remains from Myra and took them to Bari, Italy; this removal greatly increased the saint's popularity in Europe, and Bari became one of the most crowded of all pilgrimage centres. Nicholas' relics remain enshrined in the 11th-century basilica of San Nicola, Bari. |
| Dec 22, 2005 22:34 | #20 |
| Thanks a lot,venus:-) |
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