@satangel72425 我也补充一下我的五毛钱知识吧。father Christmas的拟人化形象在英语世界里最早开始流行,大约是16世纪起,最早在文学作品里有具体记载的记录是Ben Jonson的Christmas His Masque (1616年詹姆斯一世宫廷圣诞季的一个面具剧),但Jonson描绘的圣诞老人已经是“过时的装束”了,圣诞老人总被期望穿着比自己时代更早的服装。
Jonson的描述如下:
He is attir'd in round Hose, long Stockings, a close Doublet, a high crownd Hat
with a Broach, a long thin beard, a Truncheon, little Ruffes, white Shoes, his
Scarffes, and Garters tyed crosse, and his Drum beaten before him.