Ah but Santa Clause is derived from more ancient pagan / Shamanic archetypes than Saint Nicholas. As Mark E. Smith once sang The Siberian mushroom Santa was in fact Rasputins brother..., thus does Santa embody the jovial misrule essential to the dark heart of the year upon which Christians placed the birth of the boyo. To be Truly English, WAV, you must desist from this foriegn Christianity farce and get back to the ancient indigenous religion of our fair and Ancient Isle which outs itself each year in the more folkloric associations of the season - the Holly, Ivy, Wassailing, Wren Hunting, Figgy Pudding, Ghost Stories by M R James*, Yule Logs, Mistletoe, Domestic Luiminos, and other such Fiddle-Faddle Stuff up to and including Santa Clause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Un87fiduI

* A new TV version of Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You coming up with John Hurt - of course the old one with Michael Horden is supreme but it's something to look forward to...