1. Legends and Myths About Santa-Claus and Father Frost
literature group
Sidorov Denis, Nizamov Ramil, Pyatygin Vadim
6 V class
School Nr.1
Aramil

2. Authors of Project
Pyatygin Vadim
Sidorov Denis
Nizamov Ramil

3. Problem question: Santa-Claus and Father Frost, who are they?

4. Aim: to find out what is common and different in Santa-Claus and Father Frost? Tasks:
To find out if Santa-Claus and Father Frost have a real ancestor.
To learn how their images change and develop.
To learn where Santa-Claus and Father Frost live.
To make an example of stories where we can find Santa-Claus and Father Frost’s names.
To make an interview with pupils and to show the results in a diagram.
To take part in a charity action.
To make a presentation in Power point.
To make a booklet in Publisher

5. Who is Santa-Claus
Santa-Claus is not a gnome or a fairy-tale person, he is a real man. His name is Nicolay, he is an episcope from Myra, in Turkey.
He helps poor and unhappy people and put gold money in their shoes and put cakes on the windows.
After his death he becomes Saint and a Beneficiary of children.

6. The pilgrims from different countries in North America begin to call him Father Frost. In Great Britain he is called Father Christmas.

7. The image of Santa-Claus combines St. Nicolas,
Christmas Elf and Old Nick.
In 19th century American write Clark Moor in his poem “Christmas is in the air or the come of Santa-Claus” describes him as a kind elf. He comes in sledges with eight deer and gets into the house through chimney.
Painter Sadden Sandblom makes Santa a big man. He presents him a white and red fur-coat and red hood and gives him a new deer Rudolph.

8. And who is Father Frost?
Father Frost is an necessary person for our New Year. He has a very long origin story. On Christmas Eve in Russia women cry “Frost, Frost, go and eat Kutya”. They call the spirit of their ancestors. This pagan God comes from another world.

9. According to another version Father Frost and Santa-Claus have a common ancestor- episcope St. Nicolaus.
According to the third version Father Frost is an image of folklore, God of Winter. He is a powerful mad with a wither. There is no Father Christmas in Russian fairy-tales, just Frost (Morozko).

10. Where is their Motherland?
Santa-Claus lives in Laplandia
Father Frost lives in Velikiy Ustjug

11. Santa-Claus in Christmas Stories and cartoons.

12. Fairy-tales about Father Frost

13. Our sociological search among pupils of primary school and 6 classes.
Questions
Do you believe in Santa-Claus and Father Frost?
Do you know where their Motherland is?
Have you ever written a letter to Father Frost?
Do you know who is their ancestor?
Do you know the stories or cartoon where we can meet these heroes?

14. Results of search in diagrams.
Results of search in diagrams
1 Do you believe in Santa-Claus and Father Frost?

15. 2. Do you know where their Motherland is?

16. 3. Have you ever written a letter to Father Frost?

17. 4.Do you know who is their ancestor?

18. 5. Do you know the stories or cartoon where we can meet these heroes?

19. Conclusions
During our search we learn a lot of new information about familiar Santa-Claus and Father Frost.
Interview of pupils shows that although many of them do not believe in Santa-Claus they still love it and even write letters to him.
We learn from questionaries that many pupils do not know the origin of these heroes.
We think that the information which we get will help us to understand better Christmas holiday and like it as a miracle.

20. Thank you for attention!
Russian Presentation