广播电视英语短句 第 235 课：圣诞老人-4

After a time, this became Kris Kringle. Later, Kris Kringle became another name for Santa Claus himself. 过了一段时间，这个名字变成了克里斯克林格。之后，克里斯克林格又成了圣诞老人自身的另外一个名字。

Whatever he is called, he is still the same short, fat, jolly old man with a long beard, wearing a red suit with white fur. 不管他叫什么，他仍旧一如既往地是一个身材矮小、体形肥胖，流着长胡子、穿着白毛红套装的快活老头儿。

The picture of Santa Claus, as we see him, came from Thomas Nast. He was an American painter born in Bavaria .我们所看到的圣诞老人的画像，来自于托马斯·纳斯特，一个生于巴伐利亚州的美国画家。

He painted pictures for Christmas poems. Someone asked him to paint a picture of Santa Claus. 他为圣诞诗作画。为此，有人请他画一张圣诞老人的画像。