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圣诞夜的大火，在大家都在忙着灭火之余，有个披着皮毛戴着面具的人，他没有参与救火，导演还给了他将近一分钟在大火中唱歌的镜头。一刷完电影后我猜想这个人扮演的可能是墨西哥当地的神话或者宗教故事中的人物，但他参与的却是富人的圣诞节，这指明了他非墨西哥裔的身份。外网上很多拉美裔的观众也对这个角色也表示出同样疑惑，表示这样的形象并不存在他们的宗教神话中。

导演表示，这个形象来自于流传在中欧的一个民间传说。这个人扮演的是一个叫Krampus “一半山羊，一半恶魔”的怪物。和Santa Claus（圣诞老人）一样，Krampus也是一个当地人们会在圣诞新年扮演的角色，这也是为什么他出现在白人的派对里，而不是当地土著的庆祝中，因为这是一个欧洲传下来的习俗。Santa Claus在平安夜给表现好的小朋友送来礼物作为奖励，但Krampus恰恰相反，他的任务是惩罚表现不好的小朋友。这也是为什么电影中扮演成Krampus的人在房间里追着小朋友玩，这是一种“惩罚”方式。

这个扮演成Krampus的男士名叫Mr. Ove Larsson，他原本来自挪威，装扮成一个欧洲民间传说里的人物也指明了他非墨西哥裔的身份。在挪威异教的传统里，人们会在家中的东南西北四个角落传递火把作为一个告别逝去一年的方式。眼前的大火让他想起了他家乡习俗，勾起了他的思乡之情。他唱的歌也与他的出身有关，歌曲的名字叫Barndomsminne frå Nordland (childhood memories of the northern lands) ，曾被当作挪威北部地区的圣歌。歌词的最后一句 " Å eg minnest, eg minnest so vel dette land! " ，意为“家乡的一切还历历在目！”，再次指明了Mr. Ove Larsson的思乡之情。

大火之后的下一个镜头就是大家一同出门郊游的景象，Cleo看着眼前的风景也表示让这让她想起她的家乡，尽管有些许不同。一个墨西哥裔女工，一个斯堪的纳维亚的上层社会人物，身在异乡都触景生情思念起了家乡。导演通过这样的类比想表示，这种在他乡的孤独感和对故土的思念是所有人类都会经历的，无论来自哪里，出生于什么阶层。

（英文版本）

The character in a furry outfit and a mask was dressing up as “Krampus”, a "half-goat, half-demon" figure that existed in Central European folklore. In contrast with Santa Claus, who rewards the well-behaved with gifts during the Christmas season, “Krampus” punishes children who have misbehaved. That is why we see the guy was chasing after kids on Christmas Eve.

The “Krampus”, with its European origin, indicated the identity of the character, Mr. Ove Larsson, as a Norwegian. While other guests and locals were busy with putting out the fire, Larsson was counting from 10 to 1 for new year and then took off his mask and began to sing.

The reason why Larsson had such as a wired attitude towards fire was that the scene reminded him of his homeland and his tradition. In the ancient Nordic pagan traditions, people pass a torch through the 4 cardinal points of the homes to start a new year.

The song Larsson sings is called Barndomsminne frå Nordland (childhood memories of the northern lands) It was used as an anthem of northern Norway. Larsson ended the song with the last line that says: " Å eg minnest, eg minnest so vel dette land! "I remember this country so well!" It showed his strong nostalgia for remembering his country.

In the next scene they went out for hiking and we heard Cleo say that those landscapes reminded her homeland even though they are different. This statement shows that both Cleo, the Mixtec-born domestic worker, and Larsson (the upper-class Scandinavian), despite their different origins, have something in common and that's the human experience of loneliness and nostalgia.