^^^
Good seasonal choice!
Unlike a certain other country at Christmas, where they have Frau Perchta and Krampus instead of Santa figures.
WTF? Never heard of either, I come from a good Catholic part of Germany (with early Christianization!) where we don't have your heathenish, imaginary Santa Claus (show me the part in the New Testament where he is mentioned even in passing?
) creeping around, but the one and only
Christkind:
Never mind how I could never figure out as a kid whether the
Christkind was boy, girl, neuter or transgender, Jesus in young or an angel. That is why it's called
Glauben and not
Wissen ...
There is a boundary through Germany: South (mostly Catholic) is
Christkind, North (mostly Protestant) is
Weihnachtsmann, an (Lutheran-Protestant?) approximation of your Santa Claus, who - alas! - has been gaining ground over the decades.