Hāta Karau

Ko Hāta Karau, e mōhiotia ana ko Matua Kirihimete, ko Hato Nikora, ko Hato Nikora, ko Kris Kringle, ko Hāta noa iho rānei, he tangata rongonui nō te ahurea Karaitiana o te Hauāuru, e kiia ana ka mauria e ia he koha i te ahiahi me ngā hāora pō i te Pō Kirihimete ki ngā tamariki "pai", me te waro, te kore rānei ki ngā tamariki "kino". E kiia ana ka tutuki i a ia tēnei mahi mā te āwhina o ngā erepa Kirihimete, e hanga ana i ngā taonga takaro i tana awheawhe i te Pou Raki, me ngā tia rere e tō ana i tana waka reti i te rangi.

Ko te āhua o Hāta Kerei i ēnei rā e ahu mai ana i ngā kōrero tuku iho e pā ana ki a Hato Nikora, te āhua Ingarihi o te Kirihimete, me te āhua Tatimana o Sinterklaas.

Ko te nuinga o te wā, ko Hāta Hāta he tangata momona, harikoa, he pahau mā, he maha ngā wā he mōhiti kanohi tōna, he koti whero me te kara huruhuru mā me ngā ringaringa, he tarau whero he huruhuru mā, he pōtae whero me te huruhuru mā, me te whitiki hiako pango me ngā pūtu, e mau ana i tētahi putea kī tonu i ngā koha mā ngā tamariki. E whakaatuhia ana ia e kata ana me te tangi "ho ho ho". I rongonui tēnei ahua i te United States me Canada i te rautau 19 nā te awe nui o te rotarota o te tau 1823 "A Visit from St. Nicholas". I whai wāhi anō hoki te kaituhi pakiwaituhi me te kaituhi pakiwaituhi tōrangapū a Thomas Nast ki te hanganga o te ahua o Hāta Hāta. Kua tiakina, kua whakakahangia hoki tēnei ahua mā roto i ngā waiata, reo irirangi, pouaka whakaata, pukapuka tamariki, tikanga Kirihimete whānau, kiriata, me te pānuitanga.