Santa Claus much to Odin, the old blue-hooded, cloaked, white-bearded Giftbringer of the north, who rode the midwinter sky on his eight-footed steed Sleipnir, visiting his people with gifts. […] Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage." In Finland Santa Claus is called Joulupukki (direct translation 'Christmas Goat'). Pre-modern representations of the gift-giver from Church history and folklore, notably St Nicholas (known in Dutch as Sinterklaas), merged with the English character Father Christmas to create the character known to Americans and the rest of the English-speaking
Santa Claus Saves the Earth Santa Claus Saves the Earth Santa Claus Saves the Earth is a 2002 Christmas-themed action-platform video game developed by Lithuanian studio Ivolgamus (now known as Nordcurrent) and published by Telegames for the Sony PlayStation and the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. In the game, the player ventures Santa Claus through fifteen platforming stages in order to defeat the evil witch Nilam and save Christmas. The game received overwhelmingly negative criticism. The only playable character in the game is the titular Santa Claus. In the game's plot, a wicked fairy named Nilam, who can see the entire world through a "magic copper,"