多亏了拜占庭、希腊和斯堪的纳维亚的神话和民间传说经过几个世纪流传下来,今年(编注:英文原文发表于2011年)的圣诞节将有人穿着红色的天鹅绒服装,戴着假胡须,坐在沃尔玛超市里面的宝座上,接受孩子们的玩具订单。但是,圣诞老人在过去并不总是沃尔玛里那个慷慨的人,如今也不一定随处可见,在其他国家,这个乐善好施的守护神继承了不同的特征,使全球出现了不少酷似圣诞老人的版本,其中包括山 Thanks to the myths and folklore of the Byzantine, Greek and Scandinavian traditions that have been passed down for centuries, there will be someone wearing a red velvet dress and a fake Christmas dress this year (Editor’s Note: 2011 in English) Beard, sitting on the throne in the Wal-Mart supermarket, accept the children’s toy orders. But Santa Claus, who was not always the generous of Wal-Mart in the past, is not always visible today. In other countries, this benevolent patron saint inherits different characteristics that have led to many global versions of Santa Claus , Including the mountain