In
the United States and Canada, his name is Santa Claus. He flies through
the sky in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer.
In England his name is Father Christmas. He looks much like Santa Claus,
but he has a longer coat and a longer beard.
In France, he's known as Pere Noel. He is also called
Pere Noel in Canada.
In Germany, children get presents from Christkind, the Christ Child on the 24th of December.
In Poland, Santa "Swiety Mikolaj" (Saint
Nicholas) - he visits children on December 6th and he brings presents, mostly
sweets, which he leaves in children's clean shoes.
In Costa Rica, Colombia, and parts of Mexico, the gift bringer is El Nino Jesus, "the infant
Jesus."
In Puerto Rico, children receive
gifts from the Three Kings on January 6th. Each child puts grass under their bed for the camels and
in the morning the grass is replaced with gifts.
In Finland, he is called Joulupukki and his home is in Lapland in the
north part of Finland
In Spain the children the night of January 5th put their shoes under the
Christmas tree and have presents from the Three Kings (Los Reyes Magos: Melchor,
Gaspar and Baltasar). Santa Claus is called Papa Noel and there are children who have
presents both days on December 25th (from Papa Noel)
and on January 6th (from the Three Kings).
In Russia, he is called Grandfather Frost or Ded Moroz
In Italy, he is called Babbo Natale. Also, they recieve
their presents on January 6th from the gift bringer an old lady called Befana.
In China, he is called Shengdan Laoren.
In Denmark they call him, Julemand.
In Slovenia they call him, Bozicek.
In Austria, children get presents from Christkindl, the Christ Child on the 24th of December.
In Greece, Santa Claus is called "Aghios Vassilis" and he comes on the night of 31st December leaving the presents under
the tree for the children to find them on New Year's Day.
The
name for Santa in Yugoslavia is Deda Mraz.
In Croatia, he is called Bozicnjak.
In Bulgaria they call him Diado Coleda.
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