Soon the New Year! Who are Santa?
 

I've thought maybe Santa Claus skirts who are there ....

No, my grandfather should be good.
Post number 1 - these geezers in the shares.

Howl of my own production

Dedusya should be different.

That's such a funny ...

I agree!
:) :) :)

And notice that the painting something with Santa Claus very little of the genre, such as what a school trees with him or kindergarten matinees.

Sergei agree on everything 100%, I'm the type masletsa the fire poured :)

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That's what I was searching, searching, but something is nothing but pictures do not naryl.
Is there a painting with grandparents?

Maybe there is but little.
Santa Claus is only interesting for several days in a year, why should he, for example, on a wall in the house on other days?

No wonder. Imagine how would be portrayed Santa Claus century in the 18 th or 19 th. :) "Initially he was very cruel god, lord of the cold, fierce frost could kill, maim, steal naughty children - enough in the bag! As an attribute of the New Year has already been formed in Soviet times. Then got a granddaughter. Briefly as follows.
PS By the way, the Orthodox Church of Santa Claus as a god pre-Christian, pagan, too, did not complain. On New Year's holidays in resefeseere also not so hot it's to 30's and 40's, much as tree ryadit banned - that, say, of bourgeois manners ... Thus remained grandfather just something about 40 years is free to show off the pictures after the war to pre-perestroika times.

Santa Claus:


1.
Rockers.

2.
Imperialists

3.
Mermaids.

赤字 圣诞老人 ....

And here's my Grandpa, he was always close to his
Snow Maiden and her granddaughter is with gifts.
:)

Fed, it's Santa, or territorial variation (babbonatale and other yolupukki). If we take directly to Santa Claus, then as surely noticed Cyril Syzransky, find a picture of 50-70 years - mornings, cards, etc. Before - almost none. Fragmented and frightening image, as well as many images in our culture, where the layered Slavic, Christian, Finno-Ugric, the Tatar-Mongol, late Roman and other inclusions.
But still something to show you can. First, in my view, the image of Santa Claus articulated Bilibin. DM he already did with the "human face". :)
Here, posobiral Khoi-what - the whole picture is not very rosy folds agree.
1) Bilibin - Frost and stepdaughter
2) Bilibin - Frost (later killed Machekhin daughter, yes "in the bag bones," the old woman and sends, if you believe the AN Afanasyev - approx. Mine)
3) Fantalov - Chernobog (Chernobog /Karachun - one of praobrazov Santa Claus, Lord of the cold, but at the same time - the death and darkness ... By the way, soon Karachun Day - December 22 marked the day of the winter solstice)
4) Zyuzya (Belarusian variation of DM, barefoot old man with an iron mace, which causes a severe cold and snowstorms)

"In letters to the main Santa Claus asked the country's children as Christmas gifts, that Vladimir Putin was Russian president for a third term, said the governor of the Vologda region Vyacheslav Pozgalyov, whose territory in the Great Ustyug is the residence of Santa Claus.

The small town of Veliky Ustyug thanks to this New Year projects, in recent years been transformed from a "poor and naked city, he became one of the wealthier towns." At 15 times during this period increased turnover in the city, did not become unemployed.
"Great Ustyug - an example of how small towns from one idea may be to reveal the possibilities of the city," - says Pozgalev. "

That's how he immigrated. A Santa Claus, from Kiev. As the ancient synopsis Pozvizd was the third of the idols installed in Kiev by Prince Vladimir. He had an extensive beard, long, winged clothes, from his attire was snowing and the wind blew him instead of a cape. Surrounded by servants - eddies and storms - it was hovering in the sky, but as a gift Slavs asked him not to cause them harm.
 
So that the children asked about Putin, in keeping with the traditions of our ancestors.

Whistle - lord of the winds and storms - only one version of praobraza DM, with the most stretched, IMHO. Akromiya extensive beard (which can have up to Zeus, to lead) and a distant relation of wind and fiercest frosts, in common between these two characters, and no personal honor.

By the way, I'm here a long time it was interesting, I'll ask you, Fed, you are from Ukraine? In the Ukrainian cultural tradition of its own close to Santa Claus image that's somehow not formed, does not enlighten why? I can assume that its uselessness was linked to lack as such realities - the cold to the degree of danger of life. Because the spirit /god, which should be bribed in order to avoid damage from frost, somehow not caught on. This way or am I wrong? Or is there some characters of folklore? Just trying the former president to bring to the forefront of St. Nicholas as a very messy look. Sorry for the extensive and complex structure of matter. ;)