USanta Claus, okwabizwa ngokuba nguFather Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, okanye nje uSanta, ngumntu wasentsomini ophuma kwinkcubeko yobuKristu baseNtshona ekuthiwa izisa izipho ngorhatya lwangokuhlwa nangobusuku obandulela iKrisimesi kubantwana “abalungileyo,” nokuba ngamalahle okanye akukho nto kubantwana “abakhohlakeleyo”.Kuthiwa ukuphumeza oku ngoncedo lwee-elves zeKrisimesi, ezenza izinto zokudlala kwindawo yakhe yokusebenzela yaseNorth Pole, kunye nenyamakazi ebhabhayo etsala isileyi sakhe emoyeni.
Umzobo wale mihla kaSanta usekwe kwizithethe zemveli ezingqonge uSaint Nicholas, umzobo wamaNgesi kaFather Christmas, kunye nomzobo wamaDatshi we-Sinterklaas.
USanta ngokuqhelekileyo uboniswa njengendoda ephothiweyo, ehlekisayo, enentshebe ezimhlophe, esoloko enemibhobho, enxibe idyasi ebomvu enekhola enoboya obumhlophe neecuffs, ibhulukhwe ebomvu enoboya obumhlophe, umnqwazi obomvu onoboya obumhlophe, nebhanti elimnyama lesikhumba neebhutsi, ethwele ibhegi ezele zizipho zabantwana.Ngokuqhelekileyo uboniswa ehleka ngendlela evakala ngathi "ho ho ho".Lo mfanekiso waba yinto eyaziwayo e-United States naseKhanada ngekhulu le-19 ngenxa yempembelelo ebalulekileyo yombongo we-1823 othi "Utyelelo oluvela eSt. Nicholas".Umzobi weCaricaturist kunye nezopolitiko uThomas Nast naye wadlala indima ekudalweni komfanekiso kaSanta.Lo mfanekiso uye wagcinwa kwaye womelezwa ngengoma, unomathotholo, umabonwakude, iincwadi zabantwana, izithethe zeKrisimesi zentsapho, iifilimu, kunye nezibhengezo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-27-2022