Father Christmas is a figure associated with Christmas, and is typically portrayed as a jolly old man with a long white beard, dressed in red.

Ronald Weasley remarked that the Muggle perception of garden gnomes resembled this, while real gnomes look quite different.

In 1995 while staying at 12 Grimmauld Place at Christmas a little Father Christmas was seen flying around on a broomstick.

Behind the scenesEdit

• The U.S. edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets published by Scholastic uses the name "Santa Claus".
• In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 the 12 Grimmauld Place model have LEGO-Albus Dumbledore like traits.
• In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rubeus Hagrid is described as presenting his idea of having the students come down on alternate evenings to observe the Blast-Ended Skrewts and make notes about their extraordinary behaviour "with the air of Father Christmas pulling an extra-large toy out of his sack."^[1]

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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