Editing Nisse (folklore) (section)

===Present-day===
[[File:Little Swedish tomte made of cork and wool with a Christmas wish, Leiden, December 2023 - 2.jpg|thumb|Little Swedish tomte homemade of cork and wool with a Christmas wish, December 2023]]
In the modern conception, the ''jultomte'', ''Julenisse'' or Santa Claus, enacted by the father or uncle, etc., in disguise, will show up and deliver as [[Christmas gift-bringer]].{{sfnp|Ross|1977|p=56}}{{sfnp|Patterson|1970|p=14}} In Finland too, the Suomi version of Father Christmas will show up at the door bringing gifts to the children.{{sfnp|Ross|1977|p=56}} After dinner, the children await the ''Jultomten'' or ''Julenisse'' to arrive (on a julbok-drawn [[sleigh]]), then ask them "Are there any good children here?" before passing out his gifts.{{sfnp|Patterson|1970|p=32}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|name="no_reindeer"}}

There are still a number of differences from the American Santa Claus myth. The Scandinavian Christmas ''nisse'' does not live at the North Pole, but perhaps in a forest nearby; the Danish {{lang|da|julemand}} lives on [[Greenland]], and the Finnish {{lang|fi|[[joulupukki]]}} (in Finland he is still called the ''Yule Goat'', although his animal features have disappeared) lives in [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]]; he does not come down the chimney at night, but through the front door, delivering the presents directly to the children, just like the Yule Goat did.