We did not have time to look back as the year comes to an end – soon the New Year holidays. Before ordering gifts, decorating a Christmas tree, buying bright lights, we want to remind you of an important date – World Day for ordering gifts and writing letters to Santa Claus. Of course, there are those who have done it many times, and there are beginners, but everyone will be interested in details
To make things clear, each country has its own «Santa Claus». This probably happened because the stories about real people in each country were told differently, and the tale eventually acquired new details and was very closely interspersed with the story.
Even historians have joined in establishing the truth and now claim that the prototype of Santa Claus was probably Archbishop Nicholas. This good man lived in the IV century in Turkey. After his death, the adults declared Nicholas a saint for his good deeds, and obedient and educated children became presented with gifts from a good grandfather. In the folklore of the Eastern Slavs, the king of all winter months, the spirit of cold, has long had many names: Triskun, Morozko or Studenets. Nowadays we know him as Santa Claus.
Today, children know Santa Claus, who lives beyond the Arctic Circle. To be honest, adults also believe in fairy tales, although sometimes they hide it. Otherwise, why did one of the world’s most influential organizations, the United Nations, officially declare Lapland the Land of Santa Claus in 1984?
And today, December 4, post offices in many countries around the world begin to provide the service of sending letters to Santa Claus and St. Nicholas. It doesn’t matter which magician you write the letter to. Do you think we’re kidding? Not at all! Sit in a family circle and write with the kids. The main thing is that together you believe in a fairy tale. In fact, adults also want the fulfillment of desires, unconditional love and quiet joy from receiving small gifts. Start now, while the holiday is coming to you in quiet steps…
Write to Santa Claus at: Santa Claus, Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi, Finland, 96930. Saint Nicholas is also waiting for letters. You can write him in the village of Pistyn, Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
How often in everyday life we forget important things, lose faith in a fairy tale, stop appreciating those around us. So maybe today is the time to write a letter with a cherished dream, and then just help a little the old magician in its implementation with your own inspiration, determination and faith in the good?