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Some maintain Santa Claus also absorbed elements of the Germanic god Wodan , who was associated with the pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt , a ghostly procession through the sky. Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white- bearded man—sometimes with spectacles —wearing a red coat with white fur collar and cuffs, white-fur-cuffed red trousers, a red hat with white fur and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts for children. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas " and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. Santa Claus is said to make lists of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior "good" and "bad", or "naughty" and "nice" and to deliver presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and coal to all the misbehaved children, on the single night of Christmas Eve.