Santa Claus

ʻO Santa Claus, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, a i ʻole Santa wale nō, he kiʻi kaʻao i puka mai i ka moʻomeheu Kalikiano Komohana i ʻōlelo ʻia e lawe mai i nā makana i ke ahiahi a me nā hola o ka pō Kalikimaka i nā keiki "maikaʻi", a me ka lanahu a i ʻole ka mea ʻole i nā keiki "ʻino".Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻokō i kēia me ke kōkua ʻana o nā elves Kalikimaka, nāna i hana i nā mea pāʻani ma kāna hale hana ʻo North Pole, a me ka reindeer lele e huki ana i kāna kaʻa ma ka lewa.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ke kiʻi hou o Santa i nā moʻolelo kuʻuna e pili ana iā Saint Nicholas, ke kiʻi Pelekane o ka Makua Kalikimaka, a me ke kiʻi Dutch o Sinterklaas.

Hōʻike ʻia ʻo Santa ma ke ʻano he kanaka portly, ʻoliʻoli, ʻumiʻumi keʻokeʻo, pinepine me nā makaaniani, e ʻaʻahu ana i ka ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula me ke kola hulu keʻokeʻo a me nā puʻupuʻu, nā pālule ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo-ʻulaʻula me ka hulu keʻokeʻo, a me nā kāʻei ʻili ʻeleʻele a me nā kāmaʻa, e lawe ana i kahi ʻeke piha i nā makana no nā keiki.Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e ʻakaʻaka ma ke ʻano e like me "ho ho ho".Ua kaulana kēia kiʻi ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada i ke kenekulia 19 ma muli o ka mana nui o ka poem 1823 "A Visit from St. Nicholas".ʻO ka Caricaturist a me ka mea kālaiʻike kālai'āina ʻo Thomas Nast kekahi i hana i ka hana ʻana i ke kiʻi o Santa.Ua mālama ʻia a hoʻoikaika ʻia kēia kiʻi ma o ke mele, ka lekiō, ke kīwī, nā puke a nā keiki, nā kuʻuna Kalikimaka ʻohana, nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a me nā hoʻolaha.