Santa (Elves)

Nicholas, currently known as Santa Claus, is the deuteragonist of the 2023 Christmas horror-comedy movie Elves. He is a retired 110 year-old Viking who became Santa Claus and set out to make children happy on Christmas by delivering presents.

Early life
Santa Claus (then known as Nicholas) was born around 1914. In his younger days, he was a barbaric viking called Nicholas the Red who used to conquer lands with his hammer affectionately named "Warbringer" and lavishing in greed from the treasure he collected. At some point, the Viking tribe that he lived with commanded him to murder the children of their enemies in their sleep, and he willingly proceeded. He was then cursed by Odin, which struck him down and he was reborn as an elf, and forced to walk the earth forever, riding a sled pulled by eight (later nine) caribou and deliver presents to children every Winter Solstice.