Thanks for your response to my question, eanjay.

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So is there another country that has a tradition that Santa Claus has a Black helper? And, if so, does this helper only give out stones or rocks to children who have misbehaved?

I'm trying to get to the root of "black as devil" comment that was posted in that other thread...If white Santa Claus gave presents to the 'good' children, but his Black servant [?] gave something of much lesser value to 'bad' children, then maybe tangentially anyway, this addresses that "the devil is black" meme.

I suppose I should look up images of Satan, and may. But I've
re-focused now on the occurances of images and uses of 'black snake' and other snakes in American culture {including the Caribbean, and South America}.

Btw, historically and currently, are there no accounts of vodoun {voodoo}, santeria, candomble religous songs/chants/practices in Canada?