Discover the 'super car' of Santa's models

Each Santa Claus chooses a different way to bring gifts to the children .

Referring to Christmas, to Santa, people often think of an old man with a happy face, a big belly, a white beard, wearing red clothes with a gift bag on his back. He used to ride a reindeer car on Christmas Eve to give presents to children all over the world.

But in fact, it is not the only Santa Claus. In many cultures, religion has other versions of Santa Claus and, of course, instead of using reindeer cars, they use other means .

1. Santa Claus's reindeer car

Santa Claus is the most popular "version" of Santa Claus in the world. Every year, on Christmas Eve 24/12, he rode on the carriage pulled by 9 lovely reindeer to fly across the sky, giving children special gifts.

At first, Santa Claus's reindeer flock had only 8 .

The origins of the story of the snowman's reindeer car came from Clement C. Moore's poem "The Night Before Christmas" in 1823. Accordingly, Santa's flying carriage initially included 8 uncle. reindeer, arranged in 2 rows: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen . In it, the names of the Donder and Blitzen came from German, meaning lightning and lightning.

By 1939, Robert L. May's Christmas poems were written, images of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer began to appear. Specifically, on a Christmas night, Santa Claus had a hard time giving gifts to children because the sky was cold and foggy.

Luckily, he discovered Rudolph - a reindeer with a bright red nose. So Santa let Rudolph lead his trailer. Thanks to the glowing red nose of this reindeer, Santa Claus completed the Christmas night mission.

. but then there was the red-nose reindeer Rudolph leading .

The lovely red-nose reindeer Rudolph

Since then, Santa's reindeer convoy has 9 members. According to many religious views, the reason for this reindeer herd was able to fly was thanks to Santa Claus who happened to find and fed them magic corn and oatmeal.

In particular, in folklore, the reindeer's horn has the ability to capture and receive all the dreams and aspirations of children all over the world, so Santa decided to choose this species. as a means of transportation.

2. Troika horse-drawn carriage of the old snowman Ded Moroz

Ded Moroz , also known as 'Mr. Dong Gia' is the 'Eastern European version' of Santa Claus. Basically, Ded Moroz also has a long beard that is full of white soil and a large fat shape, wearing a red cloak but he always carries a staff.

Portrait of "Mr. Dong" .

Parallel on the way to distribute gifts to children on New Year's with Ded Moroz is his niece named Snegurochka - who is known as 'Snow Girl'. Instead of riding reindeer, both choose the main means of transportation, the traditional Russian Troika horse-drawn carriage.

. with the traditional Russian Troika carriage

Picture depicting the snow girl - granddaughter of "Mr. Dong"

This type of rickshaw uses three parallel horses, followed by a sleigh. A special feature of this vehicle is the ability to make good use of the traction of 3 animals at the same time, helping Ded Moroz's car go as fast as possible. On the straight line, the middle horse will lead and be similar to the other two when shifting to the sides.

3. The goddess of 'Santa' La Befana

Also the one who always brings special gifts for children like Santa Claus, it is 'Santa' La Befana in the country with Italian boots. In the legend, La Befana is a scary old woman, dressed in a black robe, dressed like a witch.

But despite the appearance of an image of a grumpy, dirty old lady, La Befana has both personality: good and bad. She knows very well the personality of each baby to choose a gift for them.

For good kids, she will give gifts or candies, and babies who have not listened to their parents only receive black coal. Whether candy or coal, they were all put in a long sock, hanging by the fireplace.

Befana crawls into the chimneys of buildings with her broom to give gifts to the children

The story of La Befana comes from Christianity. The three Magi kings wanted to visit the comedian (the newborn god) so they asked Befana for directions. But due to being busy with housework, Befana refused to help, so the three kings had to find their way. The next day, due to realizing her mistake, she chased after her, but ultimately did not have the opportunity to meet the comedic Lord.

Create cute pictures of "Santa Claus" Italian version.Broom is an indispensable item of Befana

Since then, she decided to go everywhere to give gifts to the babies. Good babies will get toys, candies, fruits . while bad babies will get lumps of coal, onions or garlic. In the description, Befana uses her magic broom to fly everywhere, through the chimneys of families to give gifts to many children.