«Coca-cola Santa-Claus» vs Ai-BagiAn H eunopeupatonoinon Twv ndvrwy aAAd Karo pINTIOLOs Tov NeOeAARVev npog KOBE TI Eevoqpepro ex SuHav EXE! GAAOIDGE! OX! Hovov Ta Suop@a Bia Tw XpioToUyéwvww Kal THG NPwWTOXPOVIEG AAA Kal T) HOP Evdc aNd Tou ONYAvTIKOTEpOUG NaTEpES THC exKAnoiac. 0 ayiog Kai péyas BagiAsiog (330-379) fra enioxonos Kaicapeiac, yopMwLEvoG, SUVAPIKOG KAI KOIVWVIKA EUaiDBNTOG, KAI 4x1 KdnoI0g KAZOKAPOULEVOG «XO-KO>-yEPaKoc! Aev NPOAGBE Kav va yiver yépos, yiati néBave ora 49 Tou. Znovdage omy ABrIva @iAooogia, Kat 6,71 GAAEG ENlOTHUES UNTPXaV OTH ENoxi} TOU, KAI cuvéypaye AcoAoyiKd Kal EnloTnpoviKd épya. Ae fray Opus BEwpNTIKOAdYOG, GAAA AVvApwNoG TNS KaGNLEPIVoTATaG. 'EroI, evdiapepdtav Yia TOUS SOUAOUG, TOUS PTwXOUG, THY KaTanoAEpNON, Tg KOIVIOVIKHG GdIKiaG, Kal avenTUEE MIAavepwniKt] Span. ‘Topuce ‘thy nepignun «BaciAeidda», nou ATav OAOKANPN MOAN, HE vad, Eevaovec, vocoKopeio. TEAdc, €woe SAN Thy nEpioucia Tou oToUG, ‘andpous, kai oTav anéBave eixe Uovov éva page Kat Aiya BiBAia. Nae cuvdéeral o dyioc BaciAeiog WE THY NPwTOXPOVIA Ka! TH BaciAdnita Kal Yevika Thy EAANVIKA NapAdoaN; ‘OTav o énapxos TG Kannadokiag nnye va eionpage1 SuoBaoTaxTous ~Popous and ToUG Kannadéxec, 01 KaTOIKO! UdZeWay NOAA dipa yia Tov EEeupEvioouv. Me 1™ pecoX4Bnon Kai Ta OKANpA Adyia TOU BaciAeiou, o én1apxoc, avexapnoe xopig ndpet tinore, Ta va enorpéwel Ta GUuykevrpwBEvTA MANY ONwE avaKaTwHEVA TIHGAGH, o BaTiAEIoG éBade o€ piKpés nites and éva avTIKEIHEVO, Kal Ta YoIpaGE CTOUG KaToikous. H napadoon Aéyel 671 KaBEvac Bore 6,71 Eixe Npoowépel. To BéBaio eivai OT: and Tore SnyoUpYHENKE N Napadoon TAS BaoiAdnirag ye TO KPULHEVO voLIOUA. 0 al-BaciAng me eAAnviKiig napadoong eivar vac npwroxpovidTikos ayioc, MikpacidTnG, HEAAXPIVds, adUvaTOG, yeAaords, He Hapa yévia Kal KayapwTa MpUdIG. EekivouGE LETd Ta 6 é-ro-Ba M-Aciag,-Kreprave ce-Oka-7a-ptpn Tou EAANVIOPOU. Me To paBdi Tou éKave va BAGoTaivouv KAadid Ka! népBiKes, Kai Sev eixe GaKki ye Sdpa oTNV NAdTN. 'EDEPVE OUAG Tous avepanous Kad} THxN Kal EUAcYia. Kal oF voIKOKUpGio! ESIvav a naidid, nou TpayouSouaav THv 1oTopia TOU Gi-BaoiAn, déspa, yia va éxouv KaAl TUXN Yia ™ véa xpovid Kal THY EuAoyia Tou ayiou. O «qgi-BaoiAng épxerar and thy Kaiapeia» Kat «BaoTael KOAAG, XapTi Kal KaAGHapI> Kal NPo~pPEpe! we Sapo TN XaPA TNS Yvwonc. Et Aaikh, napéBoon tg Aur. Eupdnng, orn Béon Tou SiKOU WAS ai-BagiAn, unnpxe o St. Nicolas (ue 5iapopec napaAdayés Ady yAdwooac), SAS! 0 ayiog NikdAdos, 0 NpooTATNS TwV vaUTIKOV, TwV EUNOPAV Kal TWV NaIdIdV. Tov 170 aidva OAAavool KaABivioTéc etavaores peTé@pepav Tov St. Nicholas oTny AyepiKn. Avti va EOPTAZE! SHUG OTI 6 AexepBpiou, ouvdesnKe HE THY NapayOvA TwXpiorouyéwwy, yia va pépvel Sapa ora naidid. To 1804 iSpuenke n «New York Historical Society» ye npooTaTn Tov St. Nicholas (oAAavoika: Sinterklaas), kal Ta WEAN THC avabEppavay THY OAAaVOiK} Napadoan Tou St. Nicholas nou @épver Swpa. To 1809 o Washington Irving Snuooieuce To «A History of New York», énou catipiZe pera GAAwV Kal Thy CAAQVOIKI} NapaSoan Tou St. Nicholas, ev@ TO 1812 o€ enavéKdoan Tou épyou 0 St. Nicholas nepvaer pe TO éAkn@po ndvw and Ta dévbpa Kai pépver Sdopa ora nai5id. To 1821 0 veo pKEZ0G TUNOYPAOS William Gilley E{Swoe To noinya «Santeclaus», nou fBEAE Tov GyIo vTULEvo pe YoUva Kai OSnyoUCE édxn@po pe évav Tapavio. Ta Xpiorobyewa Tou 1822 0 veoipKéZoc Clement Clarke Moore éypaye yia Ta naidia Tou To noinya «An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas» (SnpootevBnKe apyOrEpa Kal Eival YvwOTd NEPIGDOTEPO HG «The night before Christmas»). O Moore ékave Tous Tapavdous ‘oxré Kai éBade Tov Santa Claus 1 St. Nick va KaTeBaiver and THY kapivada. H 1éa TNS KayIVvadac GAAG Kal Tou EAKNEPOU HE TOUG rapavdous frav Saveiopévn and éva @ivAavdiKd napayvel. O véoc Santa Claus eixe xapaxriipa, Sev eixe Ouwc NPdowno. To épyo auTd avéAaBe 0 aUEpIKavIKéc OKITGOYPAMOG Thomas Nast, o onoiog TO 1823 EIkovoypa@nge THY IoTOPIOUAG Tou Moore. To 1863 0 Nast aneikévige oTO nepiodiKd «Harper's Weekly» Tov Santa Claus ve youva and nave yéxpi Kaw, eva eGEAIEE TY ANteKOvIor TOU ouvexias 0G To 1881. O Santa Claus Tou Nast napéuerve 0 idi0¢ He To KOKKIVO KOUGTOUPI, TH AEUKN YEVIG5G, KATOIKE! GTOV BOPEIO NOAO, KaTaoxeudzel narxvidia, 51aB4Z¢1 To BiBAlo Tou YE Ta NapayUEIG, paBel Ta pouxa Tou, diaxoopei To EAaTo, Kal Pépvel Sapa ora naidid. H xapoupevn Kal yevvaiddwpn pop@n Tou Santa Claus ulo8eTi@nke Kal ory Bpéravia, dnou nijpe oToIXeia and Tov oKavoivaBiKiic Kal yeppavikiic npoéheuans «natépa f avepwno THY Xploouyévvwv> (Father Christmas, Weihnachtsmann om Tepuavia, Pére Néel om Takia), pia KakoouvaTn aKaBdpioTh aoKNTIKA HOPOA TNG Napddoons, KaBWw< Kal and Tov «XpioTd-Bpépoc> (Christkindlein) kat Snyiobpynoe véa napddoon. H véa popHn Tou ‘Santa Claus Uerapép@nxe om ALEpiKA and TOU Eupwnaiouc” petavaotes, kal YEwvieTa! 0 EUTPA~POLANG YEPAKOG Santa Claus, nou épvel Sapa ora Naidid, Stav dAo! KoIoUVTal, Kal OAa Ta yvwoTa. O Santa Claus ovoyazérav Kat Pelznickel (yeppavikd: NikdAgog WE yoUva) -cpepikdvikn npo@opa: Belsnickle-, Kai To «BEiov Bpépoc> Criscringle. Et1¢ apxéc Tou 200u aidva o véos Santa Claus eixe Snproupyneei and THY avayiEn ayyAooaEoviKdy Aaikdv napadocewv Le Aoyorexvikés npootliKes, Sev eixe aNoKpUOTAAAWBE! Syms aneikdvion TOU. AAAOTE FTaV EUTPA—IIG Kal GAAoTE AenTdc, GUVHWS OTPOYYUAOUANG, PopoUDE you f ANAS KOxKkivo, YaAATIo, Npdaivo 1 HOB KOoTOUUI. To 1931 n KoKa-KdAa anowaaige va xpnoionoroe! Tov Santa Claus om XeluwvidTiKn SlapnpioTiKA TMS EKOTPATE!G, YIa_ va GUEFCE!ig nwAtoEIg WEOG OTO KATAXEINWVO. ‘ETor, aVEBEDE Tov OXEdIGyd cov apepikavé Haddon Sundblom. Autos évTuge Tov Santa Claus be Ta xpdpaTa TH¢ KOKa-KOAa, Onwe aKPIBAs Tov yvwpiZoupE ofpepa, ye yaUpEC yNSTEG, HakPU oKOUGI, KOKKivo KOGTOUYI, donpN, youva, Kai BéBaia Ye éva UNOUKGA! KOKa-KOAa oro xXépI. O Santa Claus éepve Sapo ora naidid Thy KoKa-KOAa! H ETaipeia TH KOKa- KOAa dev E@nupe Tov Santa Claus, anoKpuoTdAAwoE OUWS THY ‘aneikévion Tou povTépvou Santa Claus, n onoia Aoyw Ts HEyaAnG enrtuxiag Tou npoldvros TN¢ EniBARSNKE GE KAGE YI TNS YNG, Kat agi pe Thy eikdva Kal n Hovtépva Napddoon w' aUTév. ‘EToI, 0 Santa Claus ouvdé6nke pe Thy KoKa-KOAa, Kal éyive CULBOAS Thc! Thv KoKa-KoAa ZhAEWav Kal GAOL. ‘Erar, Exel Snuioupyneei n napddoon nepi kataywyric Tou Santa Claus and Tn FpotAavdia, ™ ‘Aanwvia Kai and adAou. Eivat eniong yvword 671 GE NEpIOdIKd eu@aviZovrai pwToypagiazic KAAAOVeV UE POUXA Tou Santa Claus, eve Kal OT eyXdpIA TAESPaON KaTa THY NEpiodo TwV EOpTaV Odes 01 «KaAAITEXVIDEG> KOUVIOUVTA! OPMVTAG TH OEE! EKDOX! TOU KooToupio Tou Santa Claus. Erp Avon, Aoindv, and Thy avapiEn Adikdv napaddcewv yia TOV St. Nicholas, Tov Father Christmas kai To Christkindlein (= ayioc NikdAaos, narépag Xpicrouyévvev, Beiov Bpé@oc), YE THY NPCOBAKN oToIxeiwv and napayUera Kai pe oAiyn AoyOTEXVIKA MavTacia, NpoéKuye oTIG HMA Tou 190u aidva évac Santa Claus, 0 onoiog To 1931 GNOKpUGTAAAHENKE WC EIKOVA Ka NPOWEHENKE and THY KoKa- KOAG, ‘Erol, and pia BpnoKeUTIKA Napadociak; yiopTi| NpoeKuwe Ia KoopiKxr}-eynopiKh apyia. To €AANVikd ynépdeua eivar yeyaduTEpo: Epeic kpaThoape To Svoua Tou Gi-BagiAn, Tou apaipécape Ta XapaKTnPIOTIKG TNS EAANVIKHG Adikt\¢ NapadoanGs, Kal uloBeTioapE yi’ auTOV Th 1oTOpIa Tou duTiKoU Santa Claus Ka! Thy aneiévion BéBa1a Tou KoKa-KoAa Santa Claus. Aev 8a pnopoUcaye va Eipaote onioBo5popiKoi! O GOMdG, KAASBOAOG, ACKNTIKOG Ka! PEAAXPIVOs ai-BagiAns and ThY Kaioapera, nou dide1 wc Sapo ™ yvaon, HETATPENETA! GTOV KOKKIVO Santa Claus, nou Side! w¢ Owpo KaTavahwrikd aya8a. O Santa Claus —————————GupBoaizer Thy UAIKH EUNEpI Kal TOV UxXPEAIJIOLO, eve O Gi-BaaiANG, ‘NG OpBdSoEN¢ NapaSoons Tm yvaon Kat my auToouvEidRON. H naAid elwAarpIKi} NayavioTiK ylopTi) EnavAAGE wc veo nayavicpds [e TO NPdawNo TOU XpryaTOG. Aev GAAGZOULE Kal TO dvoua Tav XpioTouyéwwv Kal Tou Gi-BaoiAn va TeAeI@vouyE; Na Ta noupe «Awpouyewva, AyopouyEvva, ApaxTouyevva» kal o ai- BaoiAng ag yivel «KoKaKoAac>! Xapirwv Kapavaciog