AI illustration55 countries · 64 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.
Free · no sign-up
Free Christmas tools
- Santa's Naughty or Nice List 2026Check a name on Santa's list and print a Nice List certificate
- Christmas Gift FinderIdeas by who it's for, age, interests and budget
- Secret Santa GeneratorDraw names with no sign-up or e-mails, keep couples apart, send private links
- Christmas Wish ListWrite the list once, post one link in the family chat, relatives tap what they'll bring
- White Elephant Rules & HelperThe rules, steal limits and variants, plus a table helper that tracks turns and steals
- Christmas Dinner TimelineGuests and serving time in, a timeline and shopping list out
- Letter from SantaA personalised reply from Santa to print
- Letter to SantaKids write their own letter — printable templates
- Elf on the Shelf IdeasTonight's idea, a 24-night plan and elf letters
- Elf Name GeneratorYour elf name in one click
- Santa Name GeneratorYour Santa-helper name
- Christmas Card MessagesWhat to write, by recipient — and a card maker
- Advent Calendar24 activities to print, with your child's name
- Christmas CountdownDays, hours and sleeps until Christmas
Go see it
Dates, prices, parking and whether it's worth the trip.
- Christmas lights near me — Drive-thrus, decorated streets, zoo and garden lights in 20 cities
- Christmas markets near me — Christkindlmarkets and holiday markets city by city
- Christmas market dates 2026 — 1,400+ markets in 35 countries with confirmed 2026 dates
- Christmas markets abroad — Tokyo, Paris, Prague, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and more — in English
- Santa home visits — Who sends Santa to your home and what it costs
Santa
Letters, the tracker, and the big questions.
- Santa hub — Letters, video, calls compared
- Santa tracker — Follow Santa on Christmas Eve
- Santa's address — Where to mail a letter and get a reply
- Operation Santa — Answer a real child's letter
- Video from Santa — Personalised video services compared
- Call from Santa — Phone and video calls compared
- Is Santa real? — How to answer — and a letter for the day they ask
- Reindeer names — All nine, in order, with a game
- Christmas magic — Boot prints, magic keys and other printables
Printables & games
Free to print, no sign-up.
- Coloring pages — Hundreds of pages by theme
- Color by number — Easy to hard
- Word search — By theme and age
- Bingo — Printable cards for a party
- Word scramble — With answer key
- Trivia — Questions for kids and adults
- Would you rather — Christmas edition
- This or that — Quick party game
- Scavenger hunt — Indoor and outdoor clues
- Activities — Things to do over the holidays
- All printables — Everything printable in one place
Words & songs
Copy, paste, sing.
Traditions
The other gift-bringers and holidays of the season.
- Christmas recipes — Ham, sides and cookies with make-ahead notes
- St Nicholas Day — 6 December, shoes by the door
- Sinterklaas — The Dutch 5 December
- Krampus — St Nicholas's dark companion
- La Befana — Italy's Epiphany witch
- Three Kings Day — 6 January
- Rosca de Reyes — The kings' bread
- Las Posadas — Nine nights before Christmas
- Simbang Gabi — Filipino dawn masses
- Orthodox Christmas — 7 January, and churches by state
- Ukrainian Christmas — December 25 or January 7, the 12 dishes, where in the US and Canada
- Old New Year — 13–14 January
One holiday,
64 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.
- 55
- countries
- 64
- gift-bringers
- 38
- languages
- 5 Dec – 6 Jan
- the season
Start here
Eleven places where the
visitor is someone else
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.
5December
6December
13December
Santa Lucia
24December
Christkind · Gesù Bambino · Olentzero · Tió de Nadal · Joulupukki · Jultomten · Julenissen · Julemanden · Jõuluvana · Ziemassvētku vecītis · Kalėdų Senelis · Święty Mikołaj · Gwiazdor · Aniołek · Ježíšek · Ježiško · Jézuska · Božiček · Santa Claus · Papai Noel · Papá Noel · Viejito Pascuero · el Niño Dios · el Niño Jesús
25December
Santa Claus · Father Christmas · Kersvader · Père Noël · Kerstman · Babbo Natale · Papá Noel · Pai Natal · Moș Crăciun · Дядо Коледа · Djed Božićnjak · サンタさん · 산타 할아버지 · ซานตาคลอส · Ông già Noel · Sinterklas
31December
Deda Mraz · Dedek Mraz · Noel Baba · Дід Мороз · Аяз ата (Дед Мороз) · Qor bobo (Дед Мороз) · Şaxta baba · Ձմեռ պապ
1January
Άγιος Βασίλης · Djed Mraz · Дедо Мраз · თოვლის ბაბუა
6January
All 55
Choose your country
Each page names its own figure, gives its own date, and is written in the language spoken there.
Argentina
AI illustrationPapá Noel · los Reyes Magos
24 December
Armenia
AI illustrationՁմեռ պապ
31 December
Australia
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Austria
AI illustrationChristkind · Nikolaus
24 December
Azerbaijan
AI illustrationŞaxta baba
31 December
Belgium
AI illustrationSinterklaas · Kerstman
6 December
Bosnia and Herzegovina
AI illustrationDjed Mraz
1 January
Brazil
AI illustrationPapai Noel
24 December
Bulgaria
AI illustrationДядо Коледа
25 December
Canada
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Chile
AI illustrationViejito Pascuero
24 December
Colombia
AI illustrationel Niño Dios · Papá Noel
24 December
Croatia
AI illustrationDjed Božićnjak · Sveti Nikola +1
25 December
Czechia
AI illustrationJežíšek · Mikuláš
24 December
Denmark
AI illustrationJulemanden
24 December
Estonia
AI illustrationJõuluvana
24 December
Finland
AI illustrationJoulupukki
24 December
France
AI illustrationPère Noël · Saint-Nicolas
25 December
Georgia
AI illustrationთოვლის ბაბუა
1 January
Greece
AI illustrationΆγιος Βασίλης
1 January
Hungary
AI illustrationMikulás · Jézuska
6 December
India
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Indonesia
AI illustrationSinterklas
25 December
Ireland
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Italy
AI illustrationBabbo Natale · La Befana +3
25 December
Japan
AI illustrationサンタさん
25 December
Kazakhstan
AI illustrationАяз ата (Дед Мороз)
31 December
Latvia
AI illustrationZiemassvētku vecītis
24 December
Lithuania
AI illustrationKalėdų Senelis
24 December
Mexico
AI illustrationSanta Claus · los Reyes Magos
24 December
Moldova
AI illustrationMoș Crăciun · Moș Nicolae
25 December
Netherlands
AI illustrationSinterklaas · Kerstman
5 December
New Zealand
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
North Macedonia
AI illustrationДедо Мраз
1 January
Norway
AI illustrationJulenissen
24 December
Peru
AI illustrationPapá Noel · el Niño Jesús
24 December
Philippines
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Poland
AI illustrationŚwięty Mikołaj · Gwiazdor +1
6 December
Portugal
AI illustrationPai Natal
25 December
Romania
AI illustrationMoș Nicolae · Moș Crăciun
6 December
Serbia
AI illustrationDeda Mraz
31 December
Slovakia
AI illustrationJežiško · Mikuláš
24 December
Slovenia
AI illustrationMiklavž · Božiček +1
6 December
South Africa
AI illustrationKersvader
25 December
South Korea
AI illustration산타 할아버지
25 December
Spain
AI illustrationlos Reyes Magos · Papá Noel +2
6 January
Sweden
AI illustrationJultomten
24 December
Switzerland
AI illustrationSamichlaus · Christkind
6 December
Thailand
AI illustrationซานตาคลอส
25 December
Türkiye
AI illustrationNoel Baba
31 December
Ukraine
AI illustrationСвятий Миколай · Дід Мороз
6 December
United Kingdom
AI illustrationFather Christmas
25 December
United States
AI illustrationSanta Claus
25 December
Uzbekistan
AI illustrationQor bobo (Дед Мороз)
31 December
Vietnam
AI illustrationÔng già Noel
25 December