It's Santa Claus. Or Gandalf
In Finnish, Santa is called Joulupukki, which translates to, uhh... the Yule Ram
The longer I look at it, the more sense it makes. oh god, oh fuck :meow-knit:
Might be one of the wise men going to give Jesus some myrrh, hence the sack and walking stick?
I also thought of that. I've just assumed it was Santa Claus ever since I was a kid
I think there are some older less Coca Cola-y Finnish Santa illustrations where he's shown walking through forests with a sack on his back
All of these calendars are made in, like Germany though so you're probably right
Nah, I think you're right. My folks had some little Santa dolls that were done up in brown and had walking sticks and sacks.
Yeah, these usually shy away from religious imagery
It's not like there's a chocolate baby Jesus behind door #24 (or #25, depending on the calendar)
Those classic European 80s cartoons that they used to rerun on public boradcast channels in the 90s(That were probably all animated in like Japan or Korea anyway)
I was more into Alfred J. Kwak tbh
