The prototype of Santa Claus is St. Nicholas, the bishop who lived in the city of Mira  in the 4th century AD. Nicholas was revered as a saint after his death.

Santa Claus is an old man with a white beard wearing a red robe and a red hat. Every Christmas he drives from the north in a sleigh pulled by a deer, enters the homes through the chimney, and hangs Christmas gifts in socks on the children’s bedside or in front of the stove.