Comic brand Puzzle - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2016 - 68 Euro Cent

Every year at Christmas, some people ask themselves: is the Christ Child or Santa Claus coming to us? Who brings the presents? On this very special Christmas puzzle stamp, this is quite simple: Just come along and do the "Christmas work" together - secretly watched by the children. In our home living rooms, the Christ child usually brings the gifts at Christmas time. Actually, we owe the Christ Child to the Reformer Martin Luther. In the past, children were bestowed by St. Nicholas on December 6th. However, Luther did not agree with the Catholic veneration of saints - and thus also of St. Nicholas - and therefore "moved" the baptism to Christmas Eve, the day of St. Christ. In the course of time, people associated this custom with the newborn baby Jesus, whose birth is proclaimed by an angel, and so eventually came the symbolic figure of the Christ Child who brings the gifts. For several decades, but also with us more and more Santa Claus finds its way into the Christmas traditions - it is probably also reflected in many American films and TV shows that tell us almost Christmas around the clock stories, in the center of Santa Claus. For the transport of the presents he has his reindeer sleigh, headed by Rudolph with the red nose. Even Santa Claus has his origins with St. Nicholas, hence the name Santa Claus. European emigrants brought the custom to America, where the figure finally received its current appearance, which is not least characterized by an incredibly successful advertising campaign of a famous soda maker from the 1930s.