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During the Christmas season around the world Santa Claus plies his deal of making people cheerful by giving gifts. Conventionally Father Christmas is also known as Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus or Saint Nick or Santa or Pierre Noel. He is depicted as a kind, larger and happy bespectacled old man dressed in a comfortable deep red coat or suit which itself is richly trimmed in white fur. Santa Claus face matches this form in that he is shown with a happy smile behind thick white beard and moustache.
Santa Claus also has bushy white eyebrows to match his structure. His eyes, partly concealed behind either round or oblong shaped glasses always have a twinkle and transfix you with an internal happiness. It is believed that throughout the night of Christmas Eve, Santa Claus rides his sleigh, pulled by his flying reindeer led by Rudolph high in the sky. In his sleigh, Santa Claus is believed to be going house to house delivering toys to the good children and coal to those that have been bad. In an attempt to ensure that adequate quality control processes are in place, it is believed that Santa Claus allocates toys and coal in accordance with a list.
According to the legend, when Santa Claus sees a house, he is believed to climb down the chimney of the roof and distribute the gifts to the children. During the route of the night, Santa Claus and his reindeer need to be fed frequently and it is customary for children to leave out a glass of milk and a mince pie for Santa Claus and a carrot to be shared evenly by all the reindeer.
According to the legend, Santa Claus is entitled to all the help he can get. He has many elves to help him in his task.
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