Chapter 310: White beard, red hat, and a leopard's head hidden inside
Jingle Bell, Ding Bell。。。。。。
The snowflakes fluttered and fell, and the snowflakes danced in the air, or flying, or circling, or falling straight and fast, and falling to the ground.
The whole of Dunsford is a white world, with few pedestrians on the road, the silence broken by the abrupt Christmas music, and the sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near.
A Christmas carriage decorated with three red costumes appeared on the streets of Dunsford, dragged by two horses decorated with elk antlers.
In the UK, the horse is the mascot and symbol of Christmas. During Christmas, horses wearing Santa hats can be seen on many occasions, Santa's reindeer have also turned into horses, horse-drawn carriages at many tourist attractions, horses pulling carts are dressed as "reindeer" with "antlers".
Every Christmas, children all over the world take out their socks the night before and hang them on the fireplace, Christmas tree. Because they believe that when they fall asleep, Santa Claus arrives from the northern snowy country on a sleigh pulled by nine reindeer and secretly stuffs gifts into their socks...
The three Santa Claus sitting in the carriage were undoubtedly the three brothers and sisters Arthur, Eddie, and Edmund, who were extremely familiar, and the sound of music in the sky completely broke the silence of Dunsford, and the residents of many houses on the street stood in front of the windows, looking at the Christmas carriage parked on the street, full of gifts, and their faces were full of curiosity, doubt, and consternation.
"Oh, kids, Santa Claus is here to bring you presents!"
The music paused, and a Santa Claus with a microphone laughed heartily and shouted.
"Bang!"
As Santa's voice fell, a door was opened, and a little boy of five or six years old ran out of the house wearing a sweater and slippers, shouting excitedly: "Grande, you idiot, I said there must be Santa Claus... ”
"Cole, you come back to me... ”
Behind the children who rushed to the carriage in the snow, there was a pair of anxious and angry parents, dressed in home clothes, chasing after them, to be honest, they were really wary of the stranger who suddenly appeared in Dunsford, and watched their bear children get closer and closer to the carriage, and the three Santa Claus in the carriage, two of whom had jumped out of the carriage, the parents were even more nervous.
Speaking of Santa Claus, it goes back many centuries, and his prototype is a kind-hearted protagonist named "St. Nicholas". The 4th-century lord was known for his love for his children and generosity, and it is said that when his parents died, he gave all his possessions to the poor in his hometown.
At that time, there was a kind-hearted nobleman whose wife died of illness, leaving him and his three daughters behind. The aristocrat ran out of money because he tried to invent it. They had to move to a farmhouse, and his daughters had to cook, sew and clean themselves.
As the years passed, the daughters reached the age of marriage, but the father became more frustrated because he could not afford to buy a dowry for his daughters. One night, the daughters hung the long tongwa in front of the fireplace to dry after washing their clothes.
When St. Nicholas learned of their father's condition, he came to their house that night. He saw through the window that the family was asleep, and he also noticed the girls' elder sisters. Immediately, he took out three small packets of gold from his pocket and threw them one by one from the chimney, just falling into the girls' long tongwa.
The next morning, the daughters woke up to find their kotoshi full of gold, enough for them to buy a dowry. As a result, the nobleman was able to see his daughters get married, and they lived happily ever after.
Since then, it has become a tradition to hang socks on the fireplace under the chimney and put gifts in the socks, and it has been passed down, and St. Nicholas has become the prototype of Santa Claus in later recitations, and drilling the chimney has become the way Santa Claus gives gifts in the story.
In addition, according to the Bible, the three wise men from the East gave gifts and worshiped Jesus at the time of Jesus' birth to show their honor to the Savior of mankind. This is also one of the origins of Santa's custom of giving gifts to children.
However, only children will believe that there is a mysterious Santa Claus in this world, and adults know that the so-called Santa Claus who drills chimneys has always been their father.
Looking at the children who ran to the carriage and the parents who followed the children, Arthur, who was with a snow-white beard, took out a beautifully wrapped gift from the carriage and condescendingly handed it to the child with a face full of ecstasy and raised his hands, and laughed in an old fake voice: "Hello, Cole, Merry Christmas, this is a gift for you!"
"Oh, Santa Claus, you know my name? God, this is really cool, my stupid brother told me that there is no Santa Claus in this world, so are you really Santa Claus?"
"Haha... Arthur pretended to stroke his white beard and laughed heartily, "Of course, kid, of course I'm Santa Claus." ”
"But... Holding the present, the Cole bear looked at Santa Claus dressed by Eddie and Edmund with a confused face, looked up at Arthur and asked, "Are they Santa Claus too? Isn't there just one Santa Claus?"
"Haha... Arthur laughed again, leaned down, stroked the snowflakes on the top of the bear child's head, and explained: "Child, Santa Claus is not the only one, after all, there are many children like you in the world, and I can't deliver all the gifts alone, so there are as many Santa Claus as there are children in the world!"
"That... So, can I be Santa Claus when I grow up?"
"Haha, of course, when you grow up, you'll be a very good Santa Claus. ”
At this time, the child's parents had been standing aside for a long time, but they found that the other three had no malicious intentions, so they did not stop their children's behavior, and after hearing the conversation between Arthur and the child, the parents looked at each other and smiled, and they were more relieved and let down their guard against the three Santa Claus in front of them.
At the same time, many residents were in front of their windows, seeing what was happening on the street outside, looking at the children who were jumping and jumping happily with their presents and the couple shaking hands with Santa Claus with thanks, and everyone was dispelled from their guards.
"Click, click—"
One by one, the doors were opened, and the children rushed to the Christmas carriage like a loose erha.
"Gift—"
"Santa, my present—"
A large group of bear children chattered around the carriage to ask for gifts, jumping and jumping happily, and each child who got the gift had a happy smile on his face.
And one by one adults also stood in front of their doors, smiling at this warm and harmonious picture, and many people picked up their mobile phones and began to take pictures and videos.
Soon the distribution of gifts was completed, and the children who got the gifts scattered one by one after thanking Santa Claus, but there were still a few older children who stayed behind, hoping to take a photo with Arthur and the three of them in the Christmas carriage.
"Which charity is this?"
"Hehe, it's not a charity, it's Earl Arthur of House Boleyn and his sister, brother. ”
"How do you know?"
"You see, the coat of arms on the carriage, I have seen it before, it is the coat of arms of the Boleyn family, I have gone up to confirm it before, and I have greeted Count Arthur. ”
"Ah, yes. Then I should go and say hello ... ”
The bear children left, and the adults began to surround them in twos and threes, and came forward to greet Arthur, thank you, shake hands and greet each other, the scene became more enthusiastic, and almost everyone of the adults stepped forward to take a group photo.
"Thank you, thank you, we're going to go to another street, we're going to give gifts to other children, it's too cold, go home, don't catch a cold." Arthur had already taken off his beard, and said with a kind smile.
Hearing Arthur say this, the adults said hello one by one and went home, but looking at the appearance of making calls on their mobile phones one by one, Arthur and Eddie, Edmund knew that the next gift delivery would be even more lively.
As it was, almost as soon as the Christmas carriage stopped on another street, the doors of the surrounding houses were opened, and the bear-children rushed over with shouts and screams.