Christmas celebrations begin on December 6, Saint Nicholas Day. It is on that day that the French Santa Claus Per Noel distributes gifts and candies to good and diligent children. With wooden skins and a rib of gifts on his back, he arrives on a donkey and, leaving the donkey outside, enters the house through the chimney.He puts the gifts in a shoe, which the children leave before the fireplace. Pere Noel’s friend Pere Fuetar, the grandfather with a hat, reminds Pere Noel of how the child has treated him during the year, and what he deserves more, gifts or pampering. In several regions, Père Noël brings small gifts on December 6 and returns again for Christmas with large ones. Piotr Noel, the baby Jesus, can also bring gifts.