Santa Claus

ʻO Santa Claus, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, a i ʻole Santa wale nō, he kanaka kaulana i hoʻomaka i ka moʻomeheu Karistiano Komohana i ʻōlelo ʻia e lawe mai i nā makana i ke ahiahi a me nā hola pō i ka Pōʻalima Kalikimaka i nā keiki "maikaʻi", a me ke lanahu a i ʻole ʻaʻohe mea i nā keiki "kino". Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i kēia me ke kōkua o nā elves Kalikimaka, nāna e hana i nā mea pāʻani ma kāna hale hana North Pole, a me nā reindeer lele e huki ana i kāna sleigh ma ka lewa.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ke kiʻi o Santa Claus i kēia mau lā ma nā kuʻuna moʻolelo e pili ana iā Saint Nicholas, ke kiʻi Pelekane o Makua Kalikimaka, a me ke kiʻi Dutch o Sinterklaas.

ʻO ka maʻamau, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Santa ma ke ʻano he kanaka momona, hauʻoli, ʻumiʻumi keʻokeʻo, pinepine me nā maka aniani, e ʻaʻahu ana i kahi ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula me ke kola huluhulu keʻokeʻo a me nā kūpeʻe lima, nā lole ʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo me nā kūpeʻe lima huluhulu, ka pāpale ʻulaʻula me ka huluhulu keʻokeʻo, a me ke kāʻei ʻili ʻeleʻele a me nā kāmaʻa, e hāpai ana i kahi ʻeke piha i nā makana no nā keiki. Hoʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo ia e ʻakaʻaka ana ma ke ʻano e like me "ho ho ho". Ua lilo kēia kiʻi i mea kaulana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Kanada i ke kenekulia 19 ma muli o ka mana koʻikoʻi o ka poema 1823 "A Visit from St. Nicholas". Ua pāʻani pū kekahi mea kākau kiʻi a me ka mea kākau kiʻi kālai'āina ʻo Thomas Nast i kahi kuleana i ka hana ʻana o 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 ka hoʻolaha.