Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Could Explain The Origins Of Santa ClausDouglas Main
Saint Nicholas and the Origins of Santa Claus The legend behind Santa Claus is Saint Nicholas, the fourth-century bishop of Myra. His hat was the bishop’s mitre. Even Martin Luther would come to play a role in the legend. Luther wanted a Protestant alternative to the Roman Catholic practic...
Santa Claus (redirected fromOrigins of Santa Claus) Thesaurus Encyclopedia San·ta Claus (săn′tə klôz′) n. The personification of the spirit of Christmas, usually represented as a jolly fat old man with a white beard and a red suit, who brings gifts to good children on Christmas ...
the man behind the magical story of Santa Claus. Venerated in all Christian denominations, his remarkable life, marked by selfless generosity, compassion, and secret gift-giving, has become synonymous with the spirit of Christmas. But did you know that the historical Saint Nicholas, who ...
Most critics hammered this costly family film about the origins of Santa Claus when it opened.Maybe it was the then-huge $50 million budget or the fact that it was produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind (the producers of the Christopher ReeveSupermanfilms) that caused critics to tear it ap...
Sergio Pablos' charming and innovative animated film, Klaus, reimagines the origins of Santa Claus with a fresh and heartfelt perspective. Set in a remote, frozen village, the film tells the story of an unlikely friendship that blossoms between a selfish postal worker and a reclusive toymaker...
The origins of Santa Claus, or so I am told, is that the young Bishop Nicholas secretly delivered three bags of gold as dowries for three young girls to their indebted father to save them from a life of prostitution. Armed with immortality, a factory of elves and a fleet of reindeer, ...
由第二段中的 "…red decorated with white. When we see Santa's suit today, we're still seeing the two kinds of colors." 可知,最初的尼古拉斯画像中他穿着基督教主教的衣服——红色带有白色装饰的衣服。在如今圣诞老人的装扮中,我们看到的仍然是这两种颜色。故选C。 (3) 细节理解题。由第二段最后...
physics. His anthropological observations include tracing the origins of Santa Claus--an especially amusing and enlightening chapter entitled "Santa: The Hallucinogenic Connection" examines the possibilities of the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria's red-and-white cap being the inspiration for S...