Since its CNY... Lets talk about Santa.
Its all red, so its all good.
What does this mean? Photoshop time!
....Sa...SAnta!
Ca....CAi Shen!
So what does this all mean? Its very simple. Cai Shen, according to wikipedia, '' vast majority of stories agree that Cai Shen lived during the early Qin Dynasty.'' Thats 221 BC–206 BC. And Santa, is created after that. Santa's origin, Sinter Klaas, lived during year 280 to 342. Of course this brings us to the conclusion.
Santa Claus = Cai Shen.
During the Qin Dynasty, Cai Shen had black beard. He gave out money, and helped the country to prosper. But he didn't think it was enough. Why should the Chinese be the only one who benefit? So he migrated to .... Wherever the Dutch were. Because his a deity, he can't die. But he took his time to walk there.
When he reached there, he realised that Chinese currency cannot work anymore. So instead, he brought over presents to give it to the children. Thats why Santa gave presents instead of money.
Now, After travelling so long, no matter his a deity or not, he is bound to get older. That explains his White beard!
Now you realise the costume is slightly different. Thats simple to explain too. There are 2 reasonings to this.
1. He keeps washing the same clothes, but the patterns fall out/ got washed.
2. His clothes were too old, and he needed a new red costume. There were no Chinese patterns in wherever the Dutch were, so he took any red costume.
But what about the reindeers?
That, is simple to explain too. Santa Claus's reindeer came from the 1823 poem, A Visit from St Nicholas. This means that:
1. Cai Shen obtained the reindeer while travelling to wherever the Dutch were. OR
2. Cai Shen got lazy of using his own leg, and got the reindeers soon after for his own convenience. This also explains why Santa is fatter.
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