Father Christmas

Santa Claus is known by British children as Father Christmas. The old-fashioned Father Christmas was depicted wearing long robes with sprigs of holly in his long white hair. Children write letters to Father Christmas detailing their requests, but instead of dropping them in the mailbox, the letters are tossed into the fireplace and Father Christmas reads the smoke

Learn more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/overcooked/tell-me-about-christmas-part-1