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Father Christmas is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas. Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer , and typically considered to be synonymous with Santa Claus , he was originally part of a much older and unrelated English folkloric tradition.
Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage." [ 23 ] In northern Europe, the Yule goat was an earlier bearer of gifts, which has to some degree become conflated with Santa Claus, for instance in the Finnish Joulupukki tradition.
Père Noël. Père Noël (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl]), "Father Christmas", sometimes called 'Papa Noël' ("Dad Christmas"), is a legendary gift-bringer at Christmas in France and other French-speaking areas, identified with the Father Christmas and/or Santa Claus of English-speaking territories.
The 1822 poem "An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas," commonly called "'Twas The Night Before Christmas," furthered the narrative that Santa was a "right jolly old elf" who rode a sleigh to ...
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus – sometimes referred to as St. Nick, Kris Kringle or Father Christmas – similarly fills stockings and gives presents to children based on their behavior.
Father Christmas is a Christmas gift-bringer. Father Christmas may also refer to: "Father Christmas" (song), a 1977 single by the English group The Kinks; Father Christmas, a 1973 children's graphic novel by Raymond Briggs; Father Christmas, animated short based on the book; Father Christmas (film series), television film trilogy first ...
From the Yule Lads of Iceland to the traditionally green-clad Father Christmas of the UK, the Santa Claus Americans are accustomed to looks a little different throughout the rest of the world, and ...
Articles relating to Father Christmas and his depictions, the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas.Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer, and typically considered to be synonymous with Santa Claus, he was originally part of a much older and unrelated English folkloric tradition.