New Year's tales about Santa Claus: description, plot, authors

Who has not heard about such a winter character as Santa Claus? Perhaps, every child in his childhood was waiting for him with impatience to tell a verse, to dance or sing a song, and in exchange to receive a long-awaited gift. Obviously, that is why the tales of Father Frost are so popular, from which they are waving with magic and miracle, justice and harsh kindness. Each fairy tale is a little instructive story (even in the modern version). So, in this article we will consider the origin of the winter lord, as well as the most popular fairy tales with his participation.

History of the origin of Santa Claus

Where does our New Year Father Frost come from, where are his roots? He is considered an ancient pagan deity, most often in those days he was called Morozkom, Grandfather Treskun, Morok and other names. There is a belief that it was in this image that the ancient deity Karachun was embodied. They are very similar in appearance (an old man with a beard), as well as his actions (freezing everything around).

According to ancient myths, Santa Claus comes to our world after the onset of the winter solstice. It is on this day that the Night of the Gods ends and the Day of the Gods begins. This indicates the beginning of a new cycle. And Father Frost sums up. He looks at human affairs and punishes or bestows all on merit.

Tales of Santa Claus to some extent reflect all the mythology and beliefs, as well as the appearance of the ruler of the winter. In each he appears as an old man in the years, who is dressed in an embroidered fur coat to the heels, a warm hat, mittens and with a staff. He always acts as a defender or guardian, and is also a force that punishes bad people (and this is manifested not only in the absence of gifts).

The image of the Snow Maiden

Very popular New Year's tales of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden. Only in the Slavic tradition the winter lord is accompanied by a sweet girl who is his granddaughter. The Snow Maiden is always dressed in white clothes, a cap or crown on her head. She also has a long braid. It should be noted that, according to some mythological information, the image of the Snow Maiden is an image of Kostroma, whose effigy was burned with the onset of spring.

There is a Russian folk tale about a girl from the snow (she is called "Snow Maiden"), which melts with the advent of spring. It is believed that it in some way is the prototype of the girl who later began to arrive on New Year's Eve with Santa Claus.

The Tale of "Twelve Months"

Often tales about the winter Lord of Santa Claus are told about the month of January, because in ancient times it was with him that he was associated. And they called him Grandfather Treskunom. This state of affairs is reflected in the tale "Twelve Months", in which the main character, stepdaughter, meets on New Year's Eve all year round at the winter fire. The month was January.

As the oldest and the wisest, he gave kindness to small miracles - a piece of spring in the middle of summer. Also, with his permission, there are also punishments of evil, greedy and arrogant people. And those who have a good heart, he really gives. So, the stepdaughter received her generous gifts, and her stepmother and her daughter are punished.

It should be noted that there are a lot of variations of this tale. Almost every people has its own version, and some authors of our time have rewritten it in a new way. For example, in the territory of the former Soviet Union is very popular version of S. Ya. Marshak, on the grounds of which the film was shot.

The Tale of "Frosty"

Another imaginative tale about Santa Claus and Snow Maiden is "Morozko". It traces the image of the granddaughter of the lord of winter - a girl he finds in the forest freezing. And then he takes it to himself and takes care of him in every way and bestows on her kind heart. Of course, there are also negative characters - the grandfather's wife and her own daughter. After hanging on the rich gifts of the stepdaughter, she demands that her daughter be taken to the forest under the same spruce tree.

Of course, Santa Claus gave a good girlfriend not because she froze. Only her kind, indifferent and very modest heart made it so that the lord of frost took pity on her and warmed her. And then he presented gifts. To Mathekhin my daughter was waiting for a different reception. She was punished for her vanity, arrogance and anger. However, the ending in some versions of this tale are different. One, grandfather brings home a frozen girl, and on the other - a living, but with unnecessary gifts.

Other popular fairy tales about Frost

Of course, there is more than one famous children's fairy tale about Santa Claus. They are quite a large number, and they all teach kindness, dedication, love for one's neighbor. Consider a list of popular and most famous fairy tales.

1. "Moroz Ivanovich". This is a fairly well-known tale, which tells of two girls - Rukodelnitsa and Laziness. As one can judge from their names, the first hard-working girl, and the second lazy and lazy. And then somehow Rukodelnitsa gets into the house to Moroz Ivanovich and begins to serve him - beat the featherbed, clean up the house, darn the clothes. And as a result, the girl was awarded a whole bucket of silver coins and a pin with a diamond. Of course, the same wanted Lenivitsa. But she could not work in the house of Santa Claus, because she could not do anything, and did not want to. She would only be able to profit without difficulty, the way she lived until now. Naturally, she did not receive the same award as her sister. She got a fake.
2. "Two Frosts". This is a comic and funny tale. It tells about two Morozov who wanted to freeze the master and the peasant. The one who went after the master, froze him very quickly, and the one who followed the peasant, oh, and namayalsya with him. In the end, he refused to contact the peasants.

Tales of animals with Santa Claus

No less interesting are tales of Santa Claus with the participation of animals. The action usually takes place in a forest or on a glade where the lord of winter comes and arranges a holiday for all forest dwellers. Let's consider some fairy tales.

1. "Meeting the New Year."
2. "The Wolf-Frost".
3. "The Hare, the Kosach, the Bear and the Santa Claus".
4. "New Year's tale about helping Santa Claus."

Of course, there are many more such stories, some are funny, some are good-natured, but there are instructive ones.

Cartoons about Santa Claus

Very popular are not only tales of Santa Claus, but also cartoons. Before the New Year, it is they who watch all the children in anticipation of a miracle. Consider the list of the most famous:

1. "The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree".
2. "Santa Claus and the Summer."
3. "Santa Claus and the Gray Wolf."
4. "When the Christmas trees come on."
5. "Moroz Ivanovich".
6. "New Santa Claus".
7. "Snowman and Snow Dog."
8. "Snowman is a postman."
9. "School of Snowmen."
10. "Wonderful well."

Each cartoon is permeated with kindness and a miracle, not one has lost its relevance. The main character in them, of course, Santa Claus, who with his assistants always defeats the villains.

Modern tales of Frost

There are also modern tales about Santa Claus for children. They can read the same instructive stories, but only on modern motifs. They also talk about human kindness and good deeds. Most often, modern tales and stories are funny and fussy. For example, a very interesting New Year's fairy tale "Daddy, when will Santa Claus come?". Written by Marcus Mayalooma.

It tells about a family in which children looked forward with great anticipation to Christmas and the arrival of the wonderful wizard Santa Claus with gifts. They began to wait for him since the autumn, and every couple of days they asked the pope when he would come. And then finally came the long-awaited day - Christmas (on this day the children of the wizard Frost were waiting).

Father really wanted to make the children a holiday, but Father Frost called and said that he could not fly because of the weather. So he decided to change into a magician himself. And with him and the neighbor decided to bring joy to the children. In the end, it turned out that the house came one after another two fake, but very fond of the children of Santa Claus. But then the real wizard of this holiday could come. So the children had a wonderful Christmas!

Conclusion

So, as you can see, there are a lot of New Year's fairy tales in the world, like, for example, a fairy tale about Santa Claus and Tishku's housekeeper or about the skillful Ruler and her sister Lazy. Each such story has an instructive moment. Positive and negative characters talk about kindness and reward for it (not always material), as well as about evil, which is always punishable. Lord of the winter Santa Claus always pays tribute - as it was in ancient times, it continues to this day. Only nowadays it has become a form of ordinary toys that parents buy their children for their obedience.