For the people who have Dutch people to send gifts..HURRY up! It is coming Tuesday! On the 5th of December we celebrate Sinterklaas. (do not worry, almost everybody in the Netherlands does not mind a gift under the tree later int the month!)
Santa Klaus was partly 'made' big in the new world by Coca Cola partially based on this tradition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus