Christkind

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Christkind

Opening of the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg by the Christkind
Similar entities	Santa Claus, Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Nikolaus, Ayaz Ata and Ded Moroz
Folklore	Christian
Other name(s)	Christkindl, Menino Jesus, Jézuska, Ježiško, Ježíšek, Niño Jesús, Isusek, Dziyciōntko Jezus, Aniołek, Dzieciątko
Country	Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Portugal
Region	Southern Germany, Central Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe
Habitat	Heaven

The Christkind (German for 'Christ-child'; pronounced [ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt] ^ⓘ), also called Christkindl, is the traditional Christmas gift-bringer in Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, southern and western Germany, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the eastern part of Belgium, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, parts of northeastern France, Upper Silesia in Poland, parts of Latin America, in certain areas of southern Brazil, and in the Acadiana region of Louisiana.

Christkind is called in Portuguese Menino Jesus ("Boy Jesus"), in Hungarian Jézuska ("Little Jesus"), in Slovak Ježiško ("Little Jesus"), in Czech Ježíšek ("Little Jesus"), in Latin America Niño Dios ("Child God") or Niño Jesús ("Child Jesus") and in Croatian Isusek ("Little Jesus"), in Silesian Dziyciōntko Jezus (Baby Jesus), in Cieszyn Silesian Aniołek ("Little Angel"), in Polish Dzieciątko ("Little baby"). In some parts of Italy, the analogous figure of the Christkind is known as Gesù Bambino ("Child Jesus").