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PanoramaltISInterestlngtonoticethattherearecertainsimilaritiesbetweenSantaClausandtheKitchenGodofChina.WhileSantaappearsonChristmasEve，itisonthe23rdSantaClausisnowaChristmasinstitution.or24thDecemberoftheChineselunarOriginally,SantaClauswasanavatarofBish—calendarwhentheKitchenGodappearsinoDSt.NicholasofMylarinAnatolia.Hewasthekitchen(TheKitchenGodistraditionallyextremelykindandgenerous，anditwassaidrepresentedbythekitchenstove，andpeoplehehaddonealotofgoodforpeople.AfterattachapictureoftheGodontothestovehedied，peoplemissedhimSOmuchthatontowhichthehoneycanbesmeared.).hewasfavoredbyGodbybeinggiventheBothfiguresthususethechimneyastheirtaskofcaringforchildren.Itissaidthatoncegateintoourworld.LikeSanta，theKitchenhesecretlygavethreebagsofgoldtothreeGodisdressedinred.Howeve5herethedaughtersofapoorfamilyasdowry.Whenparitiesmayend.UnlikeSantaClaus，whosehethrewthebagsofgoldintothechimney,responsibilityistogivekidscandiesandonebagfellintoasockhungonthefire—gifts，peopleputhoneyontheKitchenGod’Splacebyaccident.Thuswehavethecustomlipsforhisblessingintheapproachingyear.offillingasockwithgiftsforchildren，whichAtChineseNewYear,somenorthernfamiliesstillcontinues.Eventoday,hangingoutthewillputcypresstreesintheirhouses，justsockonthefireplaceonChristmasEveforasintheWestmostfamilieswillhaveathelegendarySantaClaustodrivebyonhisdecoratedfirtreetocelebrate.re‘ndeer-drivensleighanddepositgifts,b尽卜。，stillaseriousbusinessforyoungchildren.’’..一.、_.I警_’圣诞食物传说圣诞糖果棒，是由一位基督徒糖果商人发明的。圣诞糖果棒是硬的，正如耶稣基督是万古的磐石；“J”形的糖身，代表耶稣(Jesus)的头-一个字母或牧羊人的杖：白色代表耶稣的纯洁：红色条纹代表基督为我们的罪流血，另外三条较f13,J,的红纹，是他为我们所受的鞭痕：有些圣诞糖果棒有绿色的纹，这代表耶稣是神给我们的礼物。，圣诞糖果棒是用薄荷做的，因薄荷是牛膝草类(耶稣钉在十字架上时，兵丁以海绒浸了酸酒，绑在牛膝草上，送到他唇边)，而且牛膝革代表洁净和牺牲。圣诞节添姿增色的还有美昧圣诞蛋糕。人们常常把圣诞蛋糕做得新奇漂亮。上面用奶油或果酱浇出“圣诞快乐”的宇样，四周插上特制的圣诞蜡烛。蜡烛形状小巧，只有三四寸长，但用料精致，五颜六色，有的还做成螺旋形。点燃之后，由主人吹熄，然后大家分吃蛋糕。人们有时还在蛋糕里放进三粒豆子，以此代表圣经故事中的三个东方贤土，谁吃着豆子谁就当上了“三王”，十分有趣。41·BilinguaITime