"Then, if the youngster was really bad, they'd put him in a sack and take him back to Spain."
"Saint Nicholas would kick you?"
"Well, not anymore," Oscar said. "Now he just pretends to kick you."
"And the six to eight black men?"
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/around-the-world/customs/netherlands/sedaris
Lol.
Iceland has evil mother Gryla, she has a giant child eating cat and 12 children, their pajamas look like white Santa's getup. (maybe an origin?)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla