{"id":6193,"date":"2015-12-11T22:37:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2015-12-11T22:37:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T22:37:20","slug":"list-do-swietego-mikolaja-writing-a-letter-to-santa-claus-in-polish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/list-do-swietego-mikolaja-writing-a-letter-to-santa-claus-in-polish\/","title":{"rendered":"List do \u015awi\u0119tego Miko\u0142aja. Writing a letter to Santa Claus in Polish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether known as Saint Nicholas, \u015awi\u0119ty Miko\u0142aj<\/strong>, Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Babbo Natale, Christkind, P\u00e8re No\u00ebl, Santa Claus or by many other names, this legendary gift-giver in European folklore and hagiography is well known around the world.<\/p>\n

Writing a letter to Santa (Pisanie listu do \u015awi\u0119tego Miko\u0142aja<\/strong>) is among the numerous traditions surrounding Christmas. Although in 1889, Thomas Nast\u2014the caricaturist credited with the modern portrayal of Santa\u2014presented Santa reading letters from the parents of children in “Santa Claus’s mail,” writing to Santa is as much of a children’s ritual as sitting on his lap. The form of “Dear Santa letters” typically include: a testament of “nice” (grzeczny<\/strong>) not “naughty” (niegrzeczny<\/strong>) behavior, a wish-list of toys, courteous mention of Mrs. Claus and the elves, and concern for the reindeer (especially Rudolph). One study found that girls\u2019 letters tended to be longer, more polite, and include more requests for clothing or functional items as well as more gifts for other people.<\/p>\n

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Children in Poland, Japan, and Great Britain are allegedly the most prolific writers of letters to Santa!<\/strong>\u00a0While sample letters are on Internet sites that also sell Santa stationery, far more common is the hand-written letter illustrated with Santas (Miko\u0142aje<\/strong>), reindeers (renifery<\/strong>), sleds (sanki<\/strong>), Christmas trees (choinki<\/strong>), presents (prezenty<\/strong>), etc. Japanese children sometimes include pieces of origami with their letters. Addressed to Santa in Toyland, the North Pole, Lapland, the Arctic Circle, the town of Santa Claus, Indiana, and elsewhere in the world, children\u2019s letters are often answered by postal workers and charity volunteers. While children in Canada use a special postal code (H0H 0H0) those in Mexico and other Latin American countries send their letters attached to helium balloons. Since the turn of the 20th century children have also sent their Santa letters to newspapers where they have been reprinted in articles.<\/p>\n

Here are few different Polish sentences\/phrases you may be able to use while writing your letter to Santa:<\/p>\n

\"list-do-miko\u0142aja-darmowy-szablon-do-druku\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear Santa – Kochany \u015awi\u0119ty Miko\u0142aju<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I was really good\/bad this year – By\u0142em (male)\/by\u0142am (female) bardzo grzeczny\/grzeczna w tym roku<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For Christmas I would like to get…- Na \u015awi\u0119ta chcia\u0142bym (male)\/chcia\u0142abym (female) dosta\u0107 …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I only have one wish – Mam tylko jedno \u017cyczenie<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I was trying to be really good this year and help everyone –\u00a0Stara\u0142em\/stara\u0142am si\u0119 by\u0107 naprawd\u0119 dobry\/dobra w tym roku i pomaga\u0107 wszystkim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I will leave cookies and milk under the Christmas tree – Pod choink\u0105 zostawi\u0119 ciasteczka i mleko<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I will also leave something for your reindeers – Zostawi\u0119 r\u00f3wnie\u017c co\u015b dla Twoich renifer\u00f3w<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Whether known as Saint Nicholas, \u015awi\u0119ty Miko\u0142aj, Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Babbo Natale, Christkind, P\u00e8re No\u00ebl, Santa Claus or by many other names, this legendary gift-giver in European folklore and hagiography is well known around the world. Writing a letter to Santa (Pisanie listu do \u015awi\u0119tego Miko\u0142aja) is among the numerous traditions surrounding Christmas…<\/p>\n

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