The truth about Christmas, Santa and reindeer

Every Christmas season comes the question, "Is Santa real or not?".

To somehow find answers to these questions, YouTube channel PBS Studios specializes in providing educational content videos that have just released a video called "Is Santa Real? ", Translated as "Old Snow really?".

In the video of PBS Studios, they analyzed and found a lot of scientific knowledge to prove about Santa, providing some interesting facts about Noel and the reindeer in his trailer. Here is some of that information:

1. Traditional decoration is lighting candles directly on Christmas trees

The famous American scientist and inventor Thomas Edition introduced Christmas lights to the world in 1880. Few people knew that people used candles to light directly on Christmas trees and This is really dangerous.

2. Christmas decorations will always be tangled no matter how carefully you store them

This is explained by scientists that the lengths of wires more than 2 meters are more prone to tangles than the shorter strands.

3. Santa's reindeer team is all "what"

The symbolic images of Santa's reindeer group all saw the appearance of many horns on the head. According to the study, male reindeer often shed horns in the winter while the females were not . Therefore, the chances of reindeer in Santa's tractors are children.

4. Reindeer can not fly but knows how to swim

Although reindeer may not fly, they can still swim easily under the water thanks to the thick skin.

5. Some reindeer have red nose

In the animated movies about Santa Claus and reindeer, we see reindeer with beautiful red noses and actually proved to be. That's because blood vessels under the nose are actively warming and adjusting the body temperature for reindeer.

6. Must move at a speed of 2,092km / sec, Santa can deliver gifts to children around the world on Christmas Eve

If Mr. Snow is real, he must overcome many obstacles and difficulties.

7. The theory of quantum mechanics is certainly one of the biggest obstacles that Santa can hardly overcome in the modern world.

8. Does Santa come from the North Pole?

Many people think Santa is derived from Nordic countries near the Arctic cold. The reality of Santa's image is described by St. Nicolas, a beloved saint who is very beloved in Turkey. In 1809 writer Washington Irving described Saint Nicolas flying in the air to deliver gifts. In 1823 Santa got a reindeer car in a myth of writer Clement Clarke Moore (Visit of St. Nicolas). So today it is accepted that Santa is the incarnation of Saint Nicolas in Myra City (Turkey).

9. Why is the red suit?

Santa always wears red clothes and white beard. Many people believe that this image is due to an advertising campaign of Coca Cola in 1930 (a poster of Santa wearing a red suit, holding a Coca Cola bottle). But in fact, the red clothes originated in St. Nicolas's episcopal uniform in the 4th century.

10. Why are there 9 reindeer?

Santa's flying carriage initially consists of 8 reindeer uncle, arranged in 2 rows. On a Christmas night, Santa had difficulty giving gifts to the children because the sky was frosty. Luckily, he discovered Rudolph - a reindeer with a bright red nose. So Santa let Rudolph lead his trailer. It was thanks to the reindeer's red nose that helped him complete the Christmas night mission. Since then there are 9 reindeer. According to legend, they could fly because Santa fed corn and magic oatmeal.

11. Santa makes "stealing"

Why does Santa not step into the main door but have to go through the chimney like that? Because he only went at night, every night, everyone slept, the door was completely locked and only the chimney was inside. Moreover, his flying car on the roof seemed easier than on the ground.

12. Why do gifts come in?

On Christmas Eve, children often hang the socks at the end of the bed and wait for Santa to give presents. Why is that? (It's all dirty!). The story is that when St. Nicolas was alive (later Santa) because he loved the three daughters to the age of marriage, but no boy took it because he was too poor. On a winter night, he threw 3 gold coins into the girls' chimneys, accidentally dropping them into the socks that they had on the fireplace. Since then there are children who hang socks to receive gifts.

13. The name of Santa Claus

The name "Santa Claus" first appeared in an article published in 1977 by the New York newspaper. The name comes from the Dutch version of "Sinterklaas" - a story created to keep the story of Bishop Saint Nicholas forever eternal.

14. Rudolph the reindeer

Rudolph was one of Santa's most famous reindeer, created in 1939 by a copywriter named Robert L. May. The lovable, troubled Rudolph reindeer character later appears in a Christmas book of Montgomery Ward's department store, given to children visiting Santa at the store.

What is Christmas?

Christmas, also known as Christmas, Christmas or Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus. According to the majority of Christian believers, Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Bethlehem) of Judea (Judea) (now a Palestinian city), then Roman Empire, sometime between 7 BC and 2nd year.

Holidays are officially celebrated on December 25 but often celebrated from the evening of December 24 by the Jewish calendar, the time of starting a day is at sunset rather than midnight. The official ceremony on December 25 is called the "main ceremony" , while the night of December 24 is called "feast" and often attracts more attendees. Many Eastern Orthodox churches, such as in Russia and Georgia, still use the Julius calendar to determine this date, so their Christmas celebrates January 7 with Gregorius.

Christmas 2016 is December 25, 2016 coinciding with the last Sunday of December.