All I can contribute to this is that in my childhood in the UK in the 1950s, 
Father Christmas/Santa Claus was sometimes portrayed in a long hooded robe (red 
and fur-trimmed) rather than jacket and trousers.
 
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor

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