据史料记载 , 圣诞老人的原型是公元4世纪的圣尼古拉斯 , 他是米拉(位于今土耳其境内)的主教 。有一种传说认为在他十多岁的时候父母双亡 , 给他留下一大笔财产 。圣尼古拉生来就是个慷慨正直的人 , 尤其喜爱孩子 , 还很关心穷苦人 , 给穷人家里送去各种礼物、钱以及其他有用的物品 。他一般都是在夜里秘密地做这些事 , 这样就没人知道 , 因为他并不想获得什么赞颂 , 只是想帮助别人 。很快 , 他就因自己的慷慨而广为人知 。
There is one famous legend about Saint Nicholas. The story tells of Nicholas hearing one day of three beautiful sisters who lived in a miserable hut on the edge of Myra. The three sisters were very poor. They could barely earn enough to keep themselves and their old mother from starving to death. When Nicholas heard of their plight, he was very concerned. He decided to do something to help them.
有一个关于圣尼古拉斯的著名传说 , 讲的是有一天 , 尼古拉斯听说在米拉镇边界上一所简陋的小屋里住着美丽的三姐妹 。她们非常穷 , 赚钱很少 , 几乎难以保证自己和老母亲不被饿死 。尼古拉听说了三姐妹的悲惨境况后非常担忧 , 决定帮助她们 。
One night, when everyone was asleep, Nicholas crept through the streets to the edge of town. Quietly, he tiptoed up to the hut where the three sisters lived. He climbed onto the roof and dropped three bags of gold through the hole in the roof where the smoke from the fire came out. Now it so happened that the three sisters has washed their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings has been hung by the fire to dry. When Nicholas dropped the gold through the smoke hole, each bag of gold fell into a stocking.
一天夜里 , 当大家都入睡后 , 尼古拉斯蹑手蹑脚地穿街走巷 , 来到了小镇边界 。他悄悄地踮起脚走到三姐妹住的小屋旁 , 爬上屋顶 , 把三袋金子顺着房顶炉火冒烟的洞口扔了下去 。而三姐妹上床前恰巧刚洗完自己的长袜 , 把它们挂在炉火旁烘干 。就在尼古拉斯把金子透过烟囱扔下去时 , 每袋金子分别落入了一只袜子中 。
The three sisters were overjoyed to find three bags of gold in their stockings when they woke up the next morning. Soon, the story began to spread. Other people began to hang up stockings in the hope of finding bags of gold when they woke up in the morning. From this legend sprang the custom of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve. Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated with Christmas.
第二天一早 , 三姐妹醒来 , 发现她们的长袜里竟然有三袋金子 , 她们欣喜若狂 。很快 , 这个故事便流传开来 。其他人也开始把袜子挂起来 , 希望第二天早上醒来也能发现一袋袋的金子 。圣诞夜那天把袜子挂在烟囱旁的习俗就是由这个传说而来 。多年来 , 人们就把圣尼古拉斯与圣诞节联系在了一起 。
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