| COUNTRY | SANTA NAMES |
| United States of America, Canada | Santa Claus |
| Brazil | Papai Noel |
| China | Shengdan Laoren |
| Chile | Viejo Pascuero |
| Dutch | Sinter Klaas |
| England | Father Christmas |
| Europe | Saint Nicholas |
| Finland | Joulupukki |
| France | Pere Noel |
| Germany | Saint Nikolaus |
| Hawaii | Kanakaloka |
| Holland | De Kerstman |
| Hungary | Tel-apo/Mikulas/ Winter grandfather |
| India | Santa Claus, Baba |
| Italy | Babbo Natale |
| Japan | Hoteiosho |
| Lithuania | Kaledu Senelis |
| Morocco | Black Peter |
| Netherlands | Kerstman |
| Norway | Julenissen |
| Peru | Papa Noel |
| Poland | Swiety Mikolaj |
| Russia | Ded Moroz |
| Scandinavia | Julenisse |
| Spain | El Nino Jesus |
| Sweden | Tomten/Jultomten |
Thursday, December 16, 2010
25 days of christmas: day 15-santa names
This is pretty cool to see the different names of santa in all the different countries. All of them has their own unique story about him too.
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