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  2. Père Noël - Wikipedia

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    Père Noël. Père Noël (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl]), "Father Christmas", sometimes called 'Papa Noël' ("Dad Christmas"), is a legendary gift-bringer at Christmas in France and other French-speaking areas, identified with the Father Christmas and/or Santa Claus of English-speaking territories.

  3. List of Christmas and winter gift-bringers - Wikipedia

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    Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...

  4. Christmas in France - Wikipedia

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    Père Noël (French pronunciation: [pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl]), "Santa", sometimes called Papa Noël ("Father Christmas"), is a legendary gift-bringer at Christmas in France and other French-speaking areas, identified with the Father Christmas or Santa Claus of English-speaking territories.

  5. What Does 'Noel' Mean, Exactly? - AOL

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    We may sing 'The First Noel,' but what does this Christmas word actually mean?

  6. Santa Claus - Wikipedia

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    Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure [1] originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.

  7. Christmas carol - Wikipedia

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    Christmas carol group at Bangalore, India Children singing Christmas carols in California A brass band playing Christmas carols in the UK. A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season.

  8. Companions of Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia

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    Participants portraying Zwarte Piet typically wear blackface make-up, by painting their faces black, wearing exaggerated red lipstick, and a "nappy" or "kinky" wig, as well as colorful Renaissance attire and gold earrings. The character has become a reoccurring subject of controversy, especially in the Netherlands, for its perceived cultural ...

  9. Tió de Nadal - Wikipedia

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    The Tió de Nadal (Catalan pronunciation: [tiˈo ðə nəˈðal]; 'Christmas Log'), also known simply as tió ('log'), soca or tronc(a) ('trunk'), is a character in Catalan mythology relating to a Christmas tradition widespread in Catalonia, Majorca (known as Nadaler [1]), Aragon, Occitania (Southern France) and Andorra.