chocolate Nicholas As this small chocolate Nicholas is in tinfoil, The gave me a colleague. I look at it. It seems almost as if he were alive. He begins to talk to me. "You know, I'm actually a midget." Wow, that surprises me now but very much that this chocolate Nicholas says. And what he says ... Hm
I look at him further. Yes, he already looks like a dwarf with his beard, the long hair, a relaxed belly. I want to not bring the good Bishop Nicholas in the context, who loved the kid. That really looked like Santa Claus like this that we encounter today in advertising and as Advent figure anywhere, I do not think so. I assume that in fact two different Geschichten sind und will mich einmal mit den Nikoläusen beschäftigen, wie sie heute dargestellt werden.
Mein Nikolaus im bunten Papier erzählt mir, dass er als Zwerg die unermesslichen Schätze in der Erde hütet und verwaltet. Überhaupt sind die Zwerge sehr eng mit Mutter Erde verbunden und sind für sie tätig ohne Unterlass. Neben den materiellen Schätzen in der Erde verwalten und pflegen die Zwerge die Schätze des uralten Wissens, das in Zusammenhang steht mit den Kreisläufen und Vorgängen des Werden und Vergehens auf der Erde. Es gibt sie überall und jeder einzelne hat spezielle Aufgaben. Die Zwerge haben häufig keine gute Meinung von uns Menschen, denn sie wissen exactly what we do. If we "are good", or more precisely, if we consciously and live in dignity and respect for nature, they have us gifts and that is probably one of the points that have been preserved in the folk stories. The dwarfs are very wise, to work hard, love to party. I think of these movies or the stories of the Christmas workshop of the gnomes put me in front of the Nordic Christmas elves, even the American Santa Claus, who is traveling with a reindeer sled, or his source, the Russian Ded Moroz. In addition to the outward similarity in all of them a strong feeling for nature, to the elements. This principle of compensation is everywhere to find. With us, he asked the children, "You were good last year?", In America, for example, candy and milk provided as a present for him. And, we are "good"?
Our Earth contains treasures unimaginable. And we must use them. But they also have important functions that we are not known and that they can meet only if they stay right where they are. Some of these treasures we have exploited so far - take the word of it - so that we have exceeded the limits of endurance. Therefore, the conscious use of resources and our sustainable development and production is high at the time. "Yes, that is well, "says the little Nicholas dwarf. "You shall tell you." Each living room with all that there is fulfilled an important purpose, considers essential circuits in motion and bring the incredible diversity of Creation. Santa Claus and the dwarves want to overwhelm us with the gifts of love to Mother Earth would like to see us happy and laughing, but we must also actually "be good", eighth at last, our earth, and honor and they do not vandalize. Agreed? "Exactly." Yes, Santa Claus reminds us affectionately with a wagging finger. So the dwarfs.
© Ina Martina Klein, December 2008
