Christmas gift-bringer
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A number of Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore involve gift-bringers. Mostly involving the figure of a bearded old man, the traditions have mutually influenced one another, and hav
Christmas gift-bringers in Europe
An 1886 depiction of Odin by Georg von Rosen.
Christmas gift
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A Christmas gift or Christmas present is a gift given in celebration of Christmas. Christmas gifts are often exchanged on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day itself or on the last day of the twelve-day Chris
Christmas gifts underneath a Christmas tree
Christmas advertising mentioning gifts from c. 1900
Christmas presents for World War I soldiers awaiting shipment, 1917
Red Cross workers packing Christmas presents for the Fighting Forces during World War II, October 1942