Icelandic figures who may leave gifts or rotting potatoes in the days before Christmas Other Jack Frost and Old Man Winter — Mythical characters associated with winter Christmas controversy Christmas elf Easter Bunny Flying Santa—a northeastern US tradition of pilots delivering presents to families in remote lighthouses Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas Pancho Claus, a Tex-Mex version of Santa Claus Sandman Santa Claus in film Santa Claus, Indiana—a small Midwestern United States town named after the figure, and home to Holiday World amusement park Santa Claus's reindeer SantaCon Tooth fairy Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus References Citations General and cited references Belk, Russell. 1989. "Materialism with the modern U.S. Christmas". In Interpretive Consumer Research, ed. by Elizabeth C. Hirschman, Provo, UT: Association for Consumer Research, 75–104. Bowler, Gerry, Editor (2004). The World Encyclopedia of Christmas, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. (0-7710-1535-6) Bowler, Gerry, (2007). Santa Claus: A Biography, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited. (0-7710-1668-9) Crump, William D. Editor (2006). The Christmas Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Nissenbaum, Stephen (1997). The Battle for Christmas, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (0-679-74038-4) Further reading External links An article on the History of Santa Claus from the St. Nicholas Center The History of Santa Claus and Father Christmas North Pole Flooded With Letters—MSNBC Research guides for Thomas Nast and Santa Claus at The Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, NJ "The Knickerbockers Rescue Santa Claus: 'Claas Schlaschenschlinger' from James Kirke Paulding's The Book of Saint Nicholas" (1836) NORAD Tracks Santa Google Santa Tracker emailSanta.com Tracker Christmas characters Christian folklore Christmas traditions Drink advertising characters Fictional Christian saints Fictional toymakers and toy inventors Folk saints Holiday characters Male characters in advertising Supernatural beings identified with Christian saints Christmas gift-bringers