Many people think Santa’s reindeer were introduced to the holiday in Clement Moore’s wonderful poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” which most of us now call “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Moore wrote about Santa and the eight reindeer in 1822. But in 1809 another great American author named Washington Irving wrote a book titled Diedrich Knickerbocker, and in it he wrote about St. Nicholas delivering presents to children “by flying over the treetops in a wagon.” Clement Moore simply expanded on that previous description.

很多人认为在克莱门特•穆尔（Clement Moore）的名诗《圣古拉斯的来访》（A Visit from St. Nicholas）中，将圣诞老人的驯鹿和节日联系了起来，这首诗现在也被称为《圣诞节前夜》（Twas the Night Before Christmas）。穆尔在1822年写了关于圣诞老人和八只驯鹿的故事。然而在1809年，另一名伟大的美国作家华盛顿•欧文（Washington Irving）写了一本书《迪德里奇．尼克巴克》（Diedrich Knickerbocker），他在书中写道圣尼古拉斯坐着马车飞跃在树梢上给孩子送礼物。克莱门特•穆尔只是对以前故事的描述加以扩展。

The first department store Santa appeared in 1841 at J.W. Parkinson’s Dry Goods store in Philadelphia. This Santa tried to slide down a chimney to impress the children who were watching, but he got stuck halfway down.

1841年，圣诞老人出现在第一百货商店—— 费城的帕金森干货商场（J.W. Parkinson’s Dry Goods store in Philadelphia）。圣诞老人试图滑下烟囱，来给正在观看的小孩留下深刻印象，但是他却卡在了那里。

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