Santa Claus is a beloved figure in Christmas folklore.
圣诞老人是圣诞节民间传说中深受喜爱的人物。
Children write letters to
Santa, asking for toys and gifts.
孩子们会写信给圣诞老人，请求玩具和礼物。
On Christmas Eve,
Santa is said to deliver presents to all good children around the world.
在平安夜，据说圣诞老人会给全世界所有好孩子送礼物。
The tradition of
Santa Claus originated from Saint Nicholas, a historical figure known for his generosity.
圣诞老人的传统起源于圣尼古拉斯，他以慷慨著称的历史人物。
Santa's workshop is located at the North Pole, according to popular belief.
据普遍相信，圣诞老人的工作室位于北极。
Santa is often depicted as a jolly, overweight man with a white beard and a red suit.
人们常描绘圣诞老人是一个快乐、略胖的白胡子红衣男子。
Ho ho ho!" is
Santa's famous catchphrase, expressing joy and merriment.
- "呵呵呵！"是圣诞老人著名的口号，表达欢乐和喜悦。
In many countries, parents play the role of
Santa by filling stockings with small presents on Christmas morning.
在许多国家，父母在圣诞节早晨扮演圣诞老人的角色，往长袜里装满小礼物。
Santa's reindeer, led by Rudolph, are said to fly through the sky pulling his sleigh.
拉动圣诞老人雪橇的驯鹿由鲁道夫领头，据说它们能在天空中飞翔。
Belief in
Santa Claus often fades as children grow older and learn the truth about Christmas gifts.
随着孩子们长大并了解圣诞节礼物的真相，他们对圣诞老人的信仰往往会逐渐消失。
The permit will allow Baidu to test three autonomous vehicles without a safety driver on designated streets within Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County.
该许可证将允许百度在圣克拉拉县森尼维尔市指定的街道上测试三辆没有安全驾驶员的自动驾驶汽车。
Most of them went to Helsinki as well as Lapland, to watch aurora, or Northern Lights natural phenomenon, and tour around Santa Claus Village, said the report.
The rail project currently centers on renovating more than 1,700 km of the Belgrano Cargas cargo line that links the port of Rosario, the country's main export hub, with Argentina's northwest breadbasket through the provinces of Santa Fe, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Salta, Jujuy and Tucuman.
In fact, one hotel has even engaged a certified Santa Claus from Finland to up the ante in novelty factor.
In the days up to Dec 25, this professional Santa will make his rounds at Hyatt hotels and its sister establishment, bringing the festive cheer to guests during various Christmas events.
The existing facility on the plot covers 15,000 sq m. According to Santa Clara county records, China Mobile International Infrastructure Inc purchased the property from Westcore Properties for $11.34 million on Jan 31.
"Last year, Santa Claus Hotels in Finland accommodated 6,500 Chinese visitors, a 20 percent year-on-year rise.
去年，芬兰的圣诞老人酒店接待了6500名中国游客，与前一年相比增长了20%。
The merchants' circle at the popular Santa Claus Village in the Lapland region of Finland has more than 20 outlets, including restaurants, gift shops, a Santa photo studio, rides with huskies, and hotels.
The company's Santa Cruz River hydropower station, which is under construction, is the largest project in Argentina and the largest overseas hydropower project undertaken by a Chinese enterprise so far, in terms of contract value, it said.
Finland is another key European country where Alipay is widely accepted among merchants, including at the Santa Claus Village and Finnair, as well as with leading Finnish taxi companies.
You would think the hometown of Santa Claus would only be busy once a year－but it's humming all year round thanks to an influx of Chinese travelers.
It is the official home of the Santa Claus Village, where Saint Nick keeps busy answering letters from around the world.
"People come to visit Santa, and immerse themselves in nature with the blue skies, northern lights and clean air.
You would think the hometown of Santa Claus is busy just once a year - but it's humming all year round thanks to an influx of Chinese travelers.
According to local NBC 7 news channel, the San Diego - based wireless giant had plan to trim 1,231 jobs in San Diego and 269 at its offices in San Jose and Santa Clara in mid-June.
Xie Yuan, an AI expert and professor from the University of California, Santa Barbara, said earlier that because young Chinese researchers' work on AI hardware architecture has reached a world-class level, there is a huge opportunity for them to lead in the high-tech field.
During the BRICS Summit in Xiamen earlier this month, the company signed a memorandum of understanding to invest in and construct a grain handling port in Santa Catarina, a project aimed to facilitate grain trade between China and Brazil.
China Communications Construction Co Ltd is close to a deal to invest in and construct a grain handling port in Santa Catarina, the latest move to facilitate grain trade between China and Brazil.
The affected vehicles are Santa Fe models with 2.4-liter Theta GDI engines produced between Nov 29, 2012 and May 31, 2013 as well as those with 2.0-liter Theta GDI engines manufactured between Nov 29, 2012 and Nov. 30, 2013, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said on its website.
He Jun, head of Yiwu Luochen Crafts Trading Co Ltd, said the company's orders rose 50 percent from a year earlier; yet, it is fairly difficult for the products－a large amount of which are Santa Claus figures and dolls－to be delivered right away.
Currently, 15 Argentine companies are shipping fruit to China produced in the Patagonia region, the southern areas of Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, and the western province of Mendoza.
XI'AN — During this Christmas season, Care Bears dressed in Santa Claus hats and other decorations can easily be found in shopping malls across the United States.
"Santa Monica is a coffee producer from the southern region of Minas Gerais State with a history of cooperating with China.
Marcelo Moscofian, CEO of Santa Monica, told Xinhua that China is "a great market" and the business cooperation will be "much bigger in the future.
Santa Monica sent a business delegation to China in 2019 and signed an MOU with the Chinese partner on opening a roasting plant in China to carry out the whole production process.
The commodities, including artificial flowers, Christmas lights, Santa hats and toys, will be aboard a special train for cross-border business and is expected to arrive in Minsk, Belarus, in 17 days.
Christmas tree pendants, Santa figures and snow globes thronged shelves and counters of Qiu's store near the Yiwu International Trade Market as usual.
He Jun, head of Yiwu Luochen Crafts Trading Co Ltd, said the company's orders rose 50 percent from a year earlier, but it's difficult for the products – a large amounts of Santa Claus' figures and dolls – to be delivered right away.
义乌洛晨工艺品贸易有限公司负责人何俊表示，公司订单量较去年同期增长了50%，但由于产品多为大量圣诞老人玩偶及雕像，目前难以立即交付。
His online shop just received an order of 30,000 Santa Claus costumes from Thailand, for which his staff is working extra hours to guarantee delivery before Christmas.
他的網店剛收到了來自泰國的30,000套聖誕老人服裝的訂單，為了確保在聖誕節前交付，他的員工正在加班加點地工作。
In fact, from decorative LED lights to automated Santa toys, more than 60 percent of the world's Christmas-related merchandise come from the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu, some 260 km south of Shanghai.
His company Fuye Toys specializes in Santa Claus toys and exports products to European markets including Britain, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Norway.
His signature product this year is a Santa Claus toy that could make dance moves to the tune of any song the customer chooses, be it in Spanish or English.
"China is such a big market that there is room for everyone," said Roberto Coronel Kronfle, of Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila, an Ecuadorian shrimp company.
Santa Priscila's booth at the CFSE neighbors several other Ecuadorian shrimp exporters, all of which were often surrounded by importers inquiring about quotations.
Chen Jinlin, a consultant to the Yiwu Christmas Goods Industry Association in Zhejiang province, said prices and sales of traditional Christmas products, including artificial Christmas trees, cushions and stuffed Santa toys, saw a decline over the past three years.
Many top retail chains have also gotten into the Chinese New Year fever, staging Chinese New Year-themed marketing campaigns and merchandise, including London's Harrods and Selfridges, New York's Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue and Macys, Los Angeles area's Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, South Coast Plaza and Santa Anita Mall, and even the city of Beverly Hills and many of its high-end boutiques and hotels.
Also known as "Santa's Workshop", Yiwu has seen a spike in sales of smaller varieties of Christmas decoration items this year as Chinese consumers prefer them to big-ticket items that are popular elsewhere.
"Smaller Christmas gifts like headbands and socks are preferred by domestic buyers, compared to overseas buyers who prefer large plush Santa toys and Christmas trees," said Zhu Guohua, a Christmas gift store owner in Yiwu who has been in this business for about 15 years.
Hence, Christmas trees and large plush Santa products, which are relatively costlier and require more time to install, are not popular in the domestic market as they are elsewhere.
"Argentina's provinces, such as Santa Fe, Cordoba and Mendoza, will have representatives on hand "to show what's called the exportable offer," he mentioned.
The factory that was shut down produces sport utility vehicles such as the Palisade, Tucson, Santa Fe and Genesis GV80.
Earlier next year, Beijing Hyundai will launch the large full-size SUV next-generation of Santa Fe, which has been launched overseas.
He was the guest at the "Ahead of the Curve, Innovation Governors" opening plenary of the 2018 National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Santa Fe last Thursday through Saturday.
The affected vehicles are Santa Fe models with 2.4-liter Theta GDI engines produced between Nov 29, 2012 and May 31, 2013 as well as those with 2.0-liter Theta GDI engines manufactured between Nov 29, 2012 and Nov 30, 2013, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said on its website.
Hundreds of people, including representatives from Chinese and US companies as well as local governments, were attracted to China Shenzhen-US Silicon Valley Investment Collaboration and Exchange Conference hosted by the Shenzhen municipal government in Santa Clara, California, on Monday.