Dans la culture slave, personnage mythique issue de la mythologie slave similaire au père Noël qui donne des cadeaux le jour du réveillon du nouvel an.
eş: Grand-père Gel, Morozko, Stoudenets, Treskoun, Père Noël, Père Janvier
köken: Calque of Swedish julbock (compare also Norwegian julebukk); joulu (“Christmas, Yule”) + pukki (“buck, goat”). Traditionally, before anyone in Finland knew about the Santa Claus tradition, presents were delivered by a man or a boy dressed as a male goat.
köken: From moș (“old man”) + Crăciun (“Christmas”), literally “Old man Christmas”, or more loosely translated as “Grandfather Christmas”. Compare French Père Noël and English Father Christmas.
Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas in a folkloric incarnation, who gives presents to children on December 5 or 6) · Santa Claus (a figure said to give presents to children on Christmas)
çekim: çoğul Sinterklas-Sinterklas
köken: Borrowed from Dutch Sinterklaas (“Saint Nicholas”), from Middle Dutch Sinter Clâes.
Tradisi perayaan Natal di Maluku antara lain, tradisi Sinterklas, pesta kembang api, dan "pegang tangan."
Menurut salah seorang siswa, Sinterklas SMA N 1 Lolak akan mengunjungi anak-anak di Buntalo.