Lumkhosi kaSaint Nicholas, ogujwa kusihlwa ngoDisemba 5 nangosuku lukaDisemba 6, uthandeka ezinhliziyweni zezingane eziningi eNyakatho naseMpumalanga yeFrance, eBelgium, eLuxembourg, eNetherlands , nasezingxenyeni ezithile. eJalimane, e-Austria naseSwitzerland. Iphinde yakha isimo esivuselelwa minyaka yonke ukuze bajabulele kakhulu. USanta uNicholas ngokwakhe uyabavakashela. Kodwa ukuba khona kukaBaba uFouettard eceleni kwakhe kuyakhathaza.
Kodwa-ke, umbhishobhi omuhle akaveli kulezi zifunda zaseJalimane. Ungachaza kanjani ukuthi ukukhulekelwa kwakhe ngabe kunqobe izinhliziyo zalaba bantu abangaziwa? UNicolas wazalwa ngekhulu lesi-3 kude kakhulu, eMyra e-Asia Minor, futhi wazihlukanisa ngezenzo eziningi zokupha ngesikhathi esaphila. Okunye ngokungangabazeki kungokwenganekwane kunokungokoqobo. Idumela lalo "mnikezeli wenala" lalilikhulu futhi lihlale linjalo! Kuthiwa ubesindise idolobha lakhe endlaleni nakwabanye, kude kakhulu, labo abafinyelele kubo ngesikebhe esigcwele izimpahla, lapho sekuhlwile vele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waba ngusanta ongumthengisi wabathengisi namatilosi ayengabasindisa esivunguvungwini kaningana. Idolobha lasolwandle iMyra liyindawo eyaziwayo eMedithera, ukuthandwa kosanta kwasakazeka eMpumalanga naseNtshonalanga kuphela. Ungumphathi weziboshwa, ngenxa yokukhululwa eziningana, kanti noSteve Yves, uhlanganyela ngokubambisana kwabameli. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokunikeza amantombazane amancane amancane ampofu ubaba awanikela ekuziphatheni okuxekethile, ephonsa izikhwama zegolide ngewindi ubusuku obuthathu zilandelana, waba ngusanta wabavikeli balo mbhangqwana othembisene. Kepha isimangaliso sakhe esidume kakhulu - futhi ngokungangabazeki - esenziwe kabusha ngabadwebi abaningi, esokuvuselela "izingane ezintathu ezincane ezazizokhothoza emasimini", ukuthi unosila omubi wayezisika zaba izicucu futhi "Faka kubhavu wosawoti njengezingulube". Konke lokhu kungenza nje ukuthi umbhishobhi omuhle adume kakhulu futhi uma engomunye wabangcwele abamelwe kakhulu emifanekisweni yezenkolo, ubuye futhi ezingomeni. Umkhosi waseSt. Nicholas wagubha ngo-6 December, ecatshangwa usuku lokufa kwakhe ku-343. Ngo-1087, abathengisi base-Italy bathutha izinsalela zombhishobhi baya nazo eBari ePuglia, ukuze bazifake esikhundleni sabaseTurkey abangakholwa. Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-11, uLorrain owayezinikele wafaka i-phalanx kasanta ePort en Meurthe-et-Moselle, futhi lokhu kwavumela ukuthi inkolo yakhe isabalale eYurophu. Abahambeli abakhanyayo, kufaka phakathi uJoan wase-Arc namakhosi amaningana aseFrance, beza bezothandaza “esontweni elikhulu” elalakhiwe lapho. Ngabathengisi boLwandle OluseNyakatho noma iRhine, ukuzinikela kumuntu ophanayo kwakhula kakhulu futhi mhlawumbe kwafika ukuhlanganisa amanye amasiko angaphambi kobuKristu. Umbhishobhi olungile ngaleyo ndlela wayehlonishwa kulawo mazwe aseJalimane lapho inkolo yasendulo yayilalela khona u-Odin, obizwa nangokuthi uWotan. Lo mulungu u-Odin, oyinhloko yabonkulunkulu bamaJalimane, owasungulela unkulunkulu, wayenomqondo wokuhamba emoyeni ehhashi lakhe ngemilenze eyisishiyagalombili, uSleipnir, enenkampanini emibili. Wafaniswa no "Savage Hunter" owesabekayo owayehamba ngemoto, phakathi kobusuku obunesiphepho naphakathi nezinsuku eziyishumi nambili, iqembu elinomsindo elenziwa amaValkyries izithunywa zakhe, likaPerchta, owayengunkulunkulukazi wenzalo oguqulwe waba yidimoni, kanye nebutho ufile. Isithombe sombhishobhi ongcwele egqoke okubomvu noma okunsomi, enentshebe yakhe emhlophe enkulu emnikeza ukuhlakanipha nesithunzi, kancane kancane saphakanyiswa kulabo bakankulunkulu kanye nokwenziwa okuthembisayo kohambo oluthile lwasebusika olwalubizwa ngokuthi "imaskhi enhle". . Isibalo sikaSanta Claus, obambe okuningi, sesivele sidweba. UNicolas wayegqokiswe ngokwemvelo nge-acolyte embi enobuso obumnyama, ememeza, ekhuluma futhi esongela ngeziswebhu zakhe, isithombe esisindile sezinhlamvu ezimbi ezivela ohambweni olufanayo lwasebusika. Lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zemaski enezingubo eziphambene nalokho zifanekisela inkathi engenalutho neyesabekayo, noma ngokuphambene nokubuya okulindelwe kwesimo sezulu esihle. Ohambweni lwaseSwitzerland i-Appenzell, iSylvesterkläuse (“Nicolas de la Saint-Sylvestre”) iyaqhubeka nokufanekisa lokhu kuqhathanisa ngesikhathi soNyaka Omusha wamaKhalenda kaGregory (Disemba 31) noJulian (Januwari 12). Ngezinye izikhathi siboleka kuYise Whipper, obizwa nangokuthi uHans Trapp e-Alsace, iKnecht Ruprecht eJalimane noma i-Krampus e-Austria, imvelaphi yakamuva ephefumulelwe ezinye izibalo zomlando. Kwabanye, bekungaba yinto eqanjiwe yezemfundo yekhulu le-18, ukwethusa izingane zesikole. Ukuthi ikhona ukudala ukwesaba, lokho kuqinisekile, kepha ukwakheka kwayo kungaphandle kwangaphambili. Ama-croquemitaines, njengabhusha woma ingoma, abelokhu engamanani akhona kakhulu ekufundiseni izingane, kusukela esemncane. Abalingiswa ababili abaphikisana omunye nomunye, njengoSanta Nicholas noBawo Fouettard, bahamba ndawonye emindenini, kusihlwa ngo-12 kuDisemba, ukubuza izingane. Abancane baphendula ngokwesaba futhi uMbhishobhi akazange ahluleke ukubabela amaswidi, kuyilapho lo muntu ohamba naye omnyama ebasongela ngezinduku zakhe. Kepha isimo sishintshile, ngoba ukuvakashelwa kuka-saint ne-valet yakhe sekuhlangene manje: kwenzeka esikoleni ngokwesibonelo. Lokhu kukhulula izingane ezingasabhekene noBeople Whipper omubi ngokwabo! Abakhohlwa, kusihlwa, ukubeka izicathulo zabo eziko, ngotshani noma izaqathe zembongolo (zehhashi laseNetherlands), futhi bathola lapho izinkwa zokusa zakusasa ezilandelayo. izinongo, ama-speculoos noma ama-marzipan, kanye namathoyizi amancane.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoSanta Nicholas, abasabalalisi bezipho kwesinye isikhathi bayenkolo, njengoMntwana waseJalimane noma wase-Austrian uJesu, noma njengamaKhosi Amathathu aseSpain. Lezi zinhlamvu zasenganekwaneni zisondele kakhulu ezinganeni futhi zihlala zingabizi kakhulu ezingqondweni zazo, njengoSanta Claus.
Ngekhulu le-16, uSanta Nicolas, owayethathwa njengopapa futhi yiNguquko eyayigxeka ukukhulekelwa kwabangcwele, wathathelwa indawo yizindawo ezingamaProthestani yiNgane uJesu (Christkindel) eyayifanekiselwa intombazane encane egqoke okumhlophe. Izifunda ezingamaKhatholika kakhulu njenge-Austria neBavaria nazo zazizokwamukela umfanekiso wezingelosi wale Christ Christel. Kaningi, udwendwe lukaSanta Nicolas lusemthethweni futhi kungumuzi wonke, owaziswa ngabezindaba, oza ukuhlangana nawo esigcawini esikhulu. "Intshiseko" yabasizi abasebasha ihlala injalo! Ubaba uFouettard usekhona, kepha izingane, noma ziqhubeka nokumesaba, azisazizwa zisongelwa ngazodwana. Le mibhikisho yenzeka ngoMgqibelo noma ngeSonto osondele kakhulu kuDisemba 6.