Nast's 1881 "Merry Old Santa Claus" largely formed the basis for today's Santa. In that image, Santa appears in the classic red and white suit with a big belly to boot.

纳斯特1881年的作品《圣诞老人快乐》基本奠定了如今圣诞老人形象的基础。在这幅作品里，圣诞老人身穿经典的红白相间的衣服，还挺着大肚腩。

Where do candy canes come from?

拐杖糖是怎么来的？

This is one of those traditions that we're not too sure about. One story goes that a German choirmaster in 1670 was worried about children being disruptive during long church services, so he went to a candy maker for sticks of white sugar to keep them quiet. To give the candy an educational slant, the choirmaster asked the candy maker to make the sticks in the shape of a cane so that the kids would remember the story of the shepherds who came to visit baby Jesus. However, all the references to this story are anecdotal and there are no real records to prove it's actually true.

这是一个我们不太确定来源的圣诞习俗。有说法认为，1670年德国一位唱诗班指挥担心孩子们在教堂礼拜时惹麻烦，因此让糖果制造商制作了白糖棒来安抚孩子。为了让糖果有教育意义，这位指挥让糖果制造商把糖棒制成拐杖状，以便让孩子们记住来看望小耶稣的“好牧人”的故事。但这只是一则趣闻轶事，没有真实的记载来证实。

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