[Cicero]

Actually, there was a Santa Claus:

[DManA]

Obviously a fake. Where’s his pointy hat?

[randita]

Saint Nicholas was the inspiration for Santa Claus.

Saint Nicholas (15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, part of modern-day Turkey) in Lycia.

Last I looked, Greeks were considered white.