MerryHoHo

56 countries · 66 gift-bringers · 8 dates

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.

Find your countrySee the eight gift days

One holiday, sixty visitors.

A bishop on a grey horse in the Netherlands. A luminous child in Bavaria and Bohemia. A witch on a broom in Italy. Three kings on camels in Spain and Mexico. A grandfather from the winter steppe in Kazakhstan. Each arrives on his own night, under his own name, in his own language.

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

56
countries
66
gift-bringers
38
languages
5 Dec – 6 Jan
the season

Start here

Twelve places where the visitor is someone else

Netherlands

Sinterklaas · Kerstman

5 December

Czechia

Ježíšek · Mikuláš

24 December

Spain

los Reyes Magos · Papá Noel +2

6 January

Italy

Babbo Natale · La Befana +1

25 December

Finland

Joulupukki

24 December

Slovenia

Miklavž · Božiček +1

6 December

Kazakhstan

Аяз ата · Дед Мороз

31 December

Georgia

თოვლის ბაბუა · ქრისტეშობა

1 January

Mexico

Santa Claus · los Reyes Magos

25 December

Sweden

Jultomten

24 December

Germany

Weihnachtsmann · Christkind +1

24 December

Ukraine

Святий Миколай · Дід Мороз

6 December

The calendar

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. 5December

    Sinterklaas · Mikuláš

  2. 6December

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

  3. 24December

    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

  4. 25December

    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

  5. 31December

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

  6. 1January

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

  7. 6January

    La Befana · los Reyes Magos · Սուրբ Ծնունդ

  8. 7January

    Божић · ქრისტეშობა

All 56

Choose your country

Each page names its own figure, gives its own date, and is written in the language spoken there.