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56 countries · 66 gift-bringers

It isn’t Santa
everywhere.

In Czechia the presents come from Ježíšek. In the Netherlands from Sinterklaas, on 5 December. In Kazakhstan from Аяз ата at New Year, in Spain from the Three Kings on 6 January. Find the one your family celebrates — and see who can send a personalised greeting from them, what it costs, and what is free.

8
gift days
38
languages
5 Dec – 6 Jan
the season

The season is not one day. It is eight.

Presents arrive somewhere in the world on each of these dates, from early December to Epiphany. Every row is a different figure, a different country, and a different week to send the greeting.

  1. 5 December

    Sinterklaas · Mikuláš

  2. 6 December

    Sinterklaas · Nikolaus · Samichlaus · San Nicola · Święty Mikołaj · Mikuláš · Mikulás · Moș Nicolae · Свети Никола · Sveti Nikola · Miklavž

  3. 19 December

    Святий Миколай

  4. 24 December

    Weihnachtsmann · Christkind · Olentzero · Tió de Nadal · Joulupukki · Jultomten · Julenissen · Julemanden · Jõuluvana · Ziemassvētku vecītis · Kalėdų Senelis · Święty Mikołaj · Gwiazdor · Ježíšek · Ježiško · Jézuska · el Niño Dios · el Niño Jesús

  5. 25 December

    Santa Claus · Father Christmas · Kersvader · Père Noël · Kerstman · Babbo Natale · Papá Noel · Pai Natal · Moș Crăciun · Дядо Коледа · Djed Božićnjak · Božiček · Papai Noel · Viejito Pascuero · サンタさん · 산타 할아버지 · ซานตาคลอส · Ông già Noel · Sinterklas

  6. 31 December

    Dedek Mraz · Noel Baba · Дід Мороз · Аяз ата · Дед Мороз · Qor bobo · Şaxta baba · Ձմեռ պապ

  7. 1 January

    Άγιος Βασίλης · Деда Мраз · Djed Mraz · Дедо Мраз · თოვლის ბაბუა

  8. 6 January

    La Befana · los Reyes Magos · Սուրբ Ծնունդ

  9. 7 January

    Божић · ქრისტეშობა

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Every page is written in that country’s own language, names its own figure, and compares only the services that actually operate there.