Christmas & Winter gift-bringers
What are they called in different parts of the world?

Nation Old man Child Other Notes
Afghanistan Papa Noël (Arabic: بابا نويل baba noel); Baba Chaghaloo      
Andorra Pare Noel (Father Christmas)   Els Tres Reis (The Three Kings)  
Argentina Papá Noel[2] (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós(Child God) Reyes Magos[3] (The Three Wise Men) 6 January;  
Armenia Dzmer Papik (Father Christmas)      
Australia Santa Claus (or Father Christmas)[4]      
Austria   Christkind[5](Christ Child) St Nikolaus or Nikolo comes on 6 December.  
Azerbaijan Şaxta Baba (Father Frost)      
Belgium Père Noël[6] (Father Christmas) for French speakers; Kerstman (Christmas man) for Dutch speakers Le Petit Jesus[2](Baby Jesus) for French speakers Sinterklaas 6 December for Dutch speakers; St Nicholas 6 December for French speakers  
Bolivia Papá Noel (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós(Child God)    
Bosnia Djed Božićnjak (also known as Božić Bata or Djed Mraz) 1 January      
Brazil Papai Noel,[7] Bom Velhinho (Good Little Oldie).      
Bulgaria Дядо Коледа (Dyado Koleda) (Father Christmas)      
Canada Santa Claus,[8] Père Noël[8] (Father Christmas) for French speakers      
Chile El Viejito Pascuero[9] (The Easter Oldman), referring to him appearing at "Christmas Time", which in Chile is often called "Nativity's Easter" (Pascua de la Natividad) or simply "Easter" (Pascua), in contrast to "Resurrection Easter" (Pascua de Resurrecci      
China Shengdan laoren (Traditional Chinese: 聖誕老人, Simplified Chinese: 圣诞老人, Cantonese: sing daan lo jan, pinyin: shèngdànlǎorén (Old Man Christmas)[10]      
Colombia Papá Noel (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós[11](Child God), El Niño Jesús (Child Jesus)    
Costa Rica Santa Clós (Santa Claus),[12] San Nicolás (Saint Nicholas) or his nickname Colacho. El Niño Diós[12](Child God)    
Croatia Djed Božićnjak (Grandpa Christmas), Djed Mraz(Grandpa Frost), Sveti Nikola (St Nicholas)[13] 6 December, Santa Claus[13] Mali Isus (Baby Jesus) In Dalmatia and Slavonia, St Lucy[13]arrives on the eve of her feast day, 13 December.  
Cyprus Άγιος Βασίλης (Saint Basil) 1 January      
Czech Republic Angel accompanying Mikulas[14] (Nicholas) 6 December Ježíšek[15] (Baby Jesus)    
Denmark Julemanden[16] (Christmas Man)      
Dominican Republic Papá Noel (Father Christmas), Santa Clós (Santa Claus)   Los Tres Reyes Magos (The Three Kings)[17] 6 January, Vieja Belén[17] (Old Lady of Bethlehem)  
Ecuador Papá Noel (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós(Child God) The Three Kings 6 January[18]  
Egypt Papa Noël (Arabic: بابا نويل Baba Noel)      
United Kingdom Father Christmas[19] or synonymously Santa Claus[20][21]     Before mid-Victorian times Father Christmaswas a different folkloric figure representing good cheer, and did not bring gifts.[22][23]
Estonia Jõuluvana (Old Man of Christmas)      
Finland     Joulupukki (Yule Goat)[24]  
France Père Noël[25] (Father Christmas) Le Petit Jésus(Baby Jesus)[25] Tante Arie in Franche-Comté[25]Saint Nicolas (Saint Nicholas) in Alsace-Lorraine  
Germany Weihnachtsmann[26] (Christmas Man) in Protestant areas Christkind[26](Christ Child) in Catholic areas Nikolaus, who comes on 6 December.  
Greece Άγιος Βασίλης[27] (Saint Basil) 1 January      
Honduras Santa Claus[28]   The Three Kings[28]  
Hong Kong 聖誕老人 (jyutping: sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4) (Christmas Old Man), Santa Claus, St Nicholas, Father Christmas      
Hungary Télapó (Father Christmas); Mikulás[29] (Nicholas) 6 December Jézuska" or "Kis Jézus" (Child Jesus) Angels accompanying the baby Jesus[28]  
Iceland     Jólasveinar[30] (Yulemen or Yule Lads) In Icelandic folk tales there are numerous Jólasveinar, which come on different dates.[30]
India Christmas Father, Jingal Bell, Santa Claus; in Telugu Thatha (Christmas Old Man); in Marathi Natal Bua(Christmas Elder Man); in Tamil Christmas Thatha(Christmas Grandpa); in southern India ಸಾ೦ಟಾ ಕ್ಲಾಸ್;      
Indonesia Santa Claus, Sinterklas      
Iran Santa Claus,[31] Baba Noel[31] (Persian: بابا نوئل)   Amu Nowruz (Persian: عمو نوروز, "Uncle Nowruz"), also known as Papa Nowruz (Persian: بابا نوروز – Bābā Nowruz), Spring Equinox (20 March).  
Ireland Santa Claus, Father Christmas,[31] Daidí na Nollag[32]for Irish speakers      
Italy Babbo Natale[33] (Father Christmas); in Trieste, St Nicholas 6 December. Gesù bambino(Baby Jesus) La Befana[33] 6 January. In Sicily,[33]Udine, Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Lodi, Mantova, Piacenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Verona and Western Trentino, St Lucy[33] arrives on the eve of her feast day, 13 December.  
Japan サンタクロース (Santa Kuroosu, or Santa-san)[34][dubious – discuss]      
South Korea 산타 클로스 (Santa Claus), 산타 할아버지 (Santa Harabeoji) (Grandfather Santa)      
Latvia Ziemassvētku vecītis (Father Christmas)[35]      
Liechtenstein   Christkind (Christ Child)    
Lithuania Kalėdų Senelis[36] (Grandfather Christmas)      
Luxembourg Kleeschen[37] (St Nicholas) Christkind (Christ Child)[37]    
Macedonia Dedo Mraz      
Malta Father Christmas[38]      
Mexico Santa Clós (Santa Claus) El Niño Diós[39](Child God) Los Tres Reyes Magos (The Three Kings[39])  
Netherlands Kerstman[40] (Christmas Man), Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) 6 December   Zwarte Piet[40] (Black Peter), accompanying Sinterklaas[40]  
New Zealand Father Christmas,[41] known in Maori as Hana Koko.      
Nicaragua   El Niño[41] (Christ Child) The Three Kings[41]  
Norway Julenissen (Christmas Gnome) [42]      
Panama Santa Claus[43] Christ Child[43] The Three Kings[43] 6 January  
Paraguay Papá Noel (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós(Child God)    
Peru Papá Noel (Father Christmas), Santa Claus[44]      
Philippines Santa Claus, 24 December [45]   Los Tres Reyes Magos / Tatlóng Haring Mago (The Three Kings), 5 January[45]  
Poland Gwiazdor (Star Man or Little Star[46]), Santa Claus,[46]Święty Mikołaj (St Nicolas) 6 December[46]      
Portugal Pai Natal (Father Christmas), Santa Claus[47] Menino Jesus(Christ Child[47]) - now less common    
Puerto Rico Santa Clós (Santa Claus)[48]     Previously The Three Kings[48]
Romania Moş Crăciun[49] (Father Christmas), Moş Nicolae (St Nicholas) 6 December Jézuska or Kis Jézus (Child Jesus) (for the Hungarian minorities) Angyal (The Angel) (for the Hungarian minorities) Moş Gerilă (Grandfather Frost) during the previous Communist era[49]
Russia Дед Мороз (Ded Moroz) (Grandfather Frost[50]), his granddaughter Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) and the New Year Boy;[50] in Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Чысхаан (Chyskhaan) (Lord of the Cold); in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug - Ямал Ири (Yamal Iri) (Grandpa     Before 1917, during the pre-Communist era, the gift-bringers were St Nicholas, Baboushka and Kolyáda[50]
Scotland Santa Claus; Bodach na Nollaig (Scots Gaelic: Old Man of Christmas)      
Serbia Now Деда Мраз (Deda Mraz) (Grandpa Frost) 1 January; previously Божић Бата (Božić Bata) (Christmas Brother)      
Slovenia Miklavž,[51] Dedek Mraz (Grandfather Frost), Božiček Jezušček (Baby Jesus) Sveti trije kralji (The Three Kings)  
South Africa Sinterklaas, Father Christmas,[52] Santa Claus      
Spain Papá Noel[53] (Father Christmas); Olentzero in the Basque Country;[53] Apalpador in some areas of Galicia,   The Three Kings 6 January;[53] Tió de Nadal in Catalonia;[54] Anjanas in Cantabria; Anguleru in Asturias  
Sri Lanka Naththal Seeya      
Sweden Jultomten[55] (Christmas Gnome)     Julbock (Christmas Goat) until the 19th century[53]
Switzerland St Nicholas (known as Samichlaus to German-speakers and San Nicolao to Italian),[56] Père Noël[56](Father Christmas) for French-speakers Christkind (Christ Child) in some areas,[53] Gesù bambino (Baby Jesus) in Italian-speaking areas[53] La Befana in Italian-speaking areas[53]  
Syria Papa Noël (Arabic: بابا نويل baba noel)      
Taiwan 聖誕老人 or 聖誕老公公 (Old Man of Christmas)      
Thailand ซานตาคลอส (Santa Claus)      
Turkey Noel Baba (Father Christmas) 1 January      
Turkmenistan Aýaz baba      
Ukraine Святий Миколай (Sviaty Mykolay) (St Nicholas),[57]Дід Мороз (Did Moroz) (Grandfather Frost)[57]     Christmas is celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar on 7 January[57]
Uruguay Papá Noel (Father Christmas) El Niño Diós(Child God)    
USA Santa Claus;[57] sometimes Kris Kringle      
Uzbekistan Ayoz Bobo (Frost Grandpa), Qor Bobo (Snow Grandfather)      
Venezuela Santa Clós (Santa Claus) El Niño[3] (Christ Child) Reyes Magos[3] (The Three Wise Men) 6 January;  
Vietnam Ông Già Nô-en (Old Man of Christmas)      
Wales Santa Claus, Father Christmas; Siôn Corn[58] in Welsh (literally Chimney John)[59]