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.
5 December
Sinterklaas · Mikuláš
6 December
Sinterklaas · Nikolaus · Samichlaus · San Nicola · Święty Mikołaj · Mikuláš · Mikulás · Moș Nicolae · Свети Никола · Sveti Nikola · Miklavž
19 December
Святий Миколай
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
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
31 December
Dedek Mraz · Noel Baba · Дід Мороз · Аяз ата · Дед Мороз · Qor bobo · Şaxta baba · Ձմեռ պապ
1 January
Άγιος Βασίλης · Деда Мраз · Djed Mraz · Дедо Мраз · თოვლის ბაბუა
6 January
La Befana · los Reyes Magos · Սուրբ Ծնունդ
7 January
Божић · ქრისტეშობა
Choose your country
Every page is written in that country’s own language, names its own figure, and compares only the services that actually operate there.
- БългарияДядо Коледа · Свети Никола
- ҚазақстанАяз ата · Дед Мороз
- Северна МакедонијаДедо Мраз
- СрбијаДеда Мраз · Божић
- УкраїнаСвятий Миколай · Дід Мороз
- ArgentinaPapá Noel · los Reyes Magos
- AustraliaSanta Claus
- AzərbaycanŞaxta baba
- BelgiëSinterklaas · Kerstman
- Bosna i HercegovinaDjed Mraz
- BrasilPapai Noel
- CanadaSanta Claus
- ČeskoJežíšek · Mikuláš
- ChileViejito Pascuero
- Colombiael Niño Dios · Papá Noel
- DanmarkJulemanden
- DeutschlandWeihnachtsmann · Christkind · Nikolaus
- EestiJõuluvana
- Españalos Reyes Magos · Papá Noel · Olentzero · Tió de Nadal
- FrancePère Noël
- HrvatskaDjed Božićnjak · Sveti Nikola · Djed Mraz
- IndiaSanta Claus
- IndonesiaSinterklas
- IrelandSanta Claus
- ItaliaBabbo Natale · La Befana · San Nicola
- LatvijaZiemassvētku vecītis
- LietuvaKalėdų Senelis
- MagyarországMikulás · Jézuska
- MéxicoSanta Claus · los Reyes Magos
- MoldovaMoș Crăciun · Moș Nicolae
- NederlandSinterklaas · Kerstman
- New ZealandSanta Claus
- NorgeJulenissen
- O'zbekistonQor bobo · Дед Мороз
- ÖsterreichChristkind · Nikolaus
- PerúPapá Noel · el Niño Jesús
- PilipinasSanta Claus
- PolskaŚwięty Mikołaj · Święty Mikołaj · Gwiazdor
- PortugalPai Natal
- RomâniaMoș Nicolae · Moș Crăciun
- SchweizSamichlaus · Christkind
- SlovenijaMiklavž · Božiček · Dedek Mraz
- SlovenskoJežiško · Mikuláš
- South AfricaKersvader
- SuomiJoulupukki
- SverigeJultomten
- TürkiyeNoel Baba
- United KingdomFather Christmas
- United StatesSanta Claus
- Việt NamÔng già Noel
- ΕλλάδαΆγιος Βασίλης
- საქართველოთოვლის ბაბუა · ქრისტეშობა
- ՀայաստանՁմեռ պապ · Սուրբ Ծնունդ
- ประเทศไทยซานตาคลอส
- 대한민국산타 할아버지
- 日本サンタさん