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Image credits: underfrykte Santa Claus has had quite a few look changes throughout history before he became the jolly, chubby guy with the red suit and white beard that we all are familiar with ...
1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.
Belsnickel (also known as Belschnickel, Belznickle, Belznickel, Pelznikel, Pelznickel, Bell Sniggle [1]) is a crotchety, fur-clad Christmas gift-bringer figure in the folklore of the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany along the Rhine, the Saarland, and the Odenwald area of Baden-Württemberg.
Père Fouettard (renamed "Gruzzlebeard" in the English translation) was the main antagonist in the animated show The Secret World of Santa Claus. In the 2023 Hallmark Channel original film "Joyeux Noel", the character of Mark played by Brant Daugherty is playfully attacked by French children who call him Père Fouettard.
Pictures by Halldor Petursson ca. 1950. "The Yule Lads". Jo's Icelandic Recipes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. "Jólasveinarnir (Yuletide Lads)". Yule in Iceland. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Petursson, Olafur. "The Yuletide Lads". Bokband.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007.
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Saint Nicholas and Krampus visit a Viennese home (1896 illustration). The Hans Trapp character in a 1953 photograph taken in Wintzenheim, Alsace.. The companions of Saint Nicholas are a group of closely related figures who accompany Saint Nicholas throughout the territories formerly in the Holy Roman Empire or the countries that it influenced culturally.
Regarding the Mall of America controversy, retired U.S. veteran and Black Santa Larry Jefferson-Gamble has said, “There needs to be more Santas of color, because this is America, and kids need ...