Some were come hither . . .
Some were grandfatherly . . .
Some were gaunt . . .
Some were color blind . . .
Some were from the land of Oz . . .
Some from the holy land . . .
Some came from deep in the forest . . .
Some were kindly old eccentrics . . .
Some were definitely from the far north . . .
Some, Yoda-like they were . . .
Some were drawn by Mary Engelbreit, long before she was born . . .
Some were reindeer wranglers . . .
Some were bound to the ground . . .
Some gave up reindeer altogether . . .
Some were modernized . . .
and were in a hurry . . .
Some were blatantly commercial . . .
Some were secretive and sly . . .
Some were downright scary looking. . .
and some were a child's worst nightmare . . .
I, for one, thank Haddon Sundblom for his contribution to the mythos.