I'm doing a paper on How Santa is viewed around the world.?

Question

I have looked at a few websites and some of the information is not the same. Can anyone tell me how he is viewed in Mexico, Germany, and Ireland?

Answer 1

Santa is not quite the same in Mexico. The kids do not make such a big deal out of santa as the do the 3 kings or 3 wise men. Santa does come, but he just brings a gift or 2. The other gifts come from family. Then on Jan. 6th the 3 wise men come and leave candy and small gifts in the childrens shoes.
http://www.mexonline.com/christmas.htm

In Germany: http://www.santas.net/germanchristmas.htm

And Ireland: http://www.santas.net/irishchristmas.htm

Answer 2

In Germany, its the christkind on Weihnachten, which does not ressemble Santa Claus in any way.
However, Santa has a certain ressemblance to Nikolaus, who brings small presents on St. Nicholas day, Dec. 6th.
See following websites :
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=87
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkind
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1061771,00.html