It's an old, a empire thinga, which they don't do in france or anywhere else that i know ofam. But it seems like it's a commonwealth a thing, so they do observe it in canada as well in australia,. new zealand, south africa and hong kong. It was a mixture between a the uk tradition and dutch tradition, where santa claus is the name. In netherlands, ar so er, they he doesn't have elves to help him. He has a slave called black pete who sends presents down chimney.