Kwesinye isikhathi Amalahle Okukhangisa Akhiqiza Amadayimane
Abakhangisi bachitha isikhathi esiningi samaholide bephathwa kabi futhi besolwa ngokuthengisa isizini. Ngemva kokubuka abashana bami beqapha i-NORAD ngenqubekelaphambili ka-Santa emhlabeni wonke, ngicabange ukuthi kungase kudingeke ukuba ngicabange ngeminikelo emihle yokumaketha enkathini Yamaholide.
Yize isembatho sikaSanta Claus esibomvu nomhlophe sasiyindawo evamile iminyaka embalwa, UHaddon Sundblom waqinisa le nguqulo ngokwenza uchungechunge lwemifanekiso yeCoca-Cola ngawo-1930. Ekuqaleni kwakuhloselwe ukusiza ukuthengiswa kwe-soda okuntengantenga ngesikhathi sezulu sasebusika, umfanekiso kaSundblom wakhula wathandwa futhi wasiza ukukhuthaza lesi sithombe sikaSanta.
Njengoba sonke sazi, uRudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer uqondisa isileyi sika-Santa. URudolf wadalwa ngumbhali wamakhophi eMontgomery Ward. Le nkampani ibizama ukonga imali ekunikezeni kwayo incwadi yemibala yaminyaka yonke futhi yanquma ukuzakhela eyakhe. U-Robert L. May wadala indaba nemvumelwano, wasakaza amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-2.4 ngo-1939. Umlamu kaMay kamuva wahlangana no-Gene Autry ngo-1949 ukuze bakhe leli culo; mhlawumbe ubucula lesi sigaba sonke.
Abashana bami bangakwazi ukulandelela umzila ka-Santa waminyaka yonke ngoba kukhangisiwe isitolo se-Sears esizinze e-Colorado Springs, “Hheyi, zingane! Ngishayele ngqo futhi uqiniseke bese ushayela inombolo efanele. ” Ngeshwa, abakwaSears bashicilele inombolo engafanele kaSanta, eyangena esikhungweni sokusebenza seCONAD. UColonel Harry Shoup uyale abasebenza e-CONAD, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi yi-NORAD, ukuthi bakhombe indawo kaSanta kunoma yiziphi izingane ezibize - manje sekudlule iminyaka engama-50, leli siko liyaqhubeka.
Ngomoya wamaholide, masiyithethelele leyo mibono yokumaketha okunonya - futhi sibonge leyo esisizile ukuthi sikhiqize amasiko eHolide. UMnu. Sundblom, uMnu May, uSears, kanye no-NORAD. Amaholide amahle!