the current version of santa does, because he's 3 different characters combined, the modern santa claus is comprised of sinterklass, odin and father christmas. he's not an idea of singular origin but bits and pieces taken from lots of sources both christian and the old germanic religion. elves/dwarves are certainly not of christian origin, but odin is said to have many dwarven craftsmen, of course in the santa claus story they are combined for simplicity.
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