many countries claim a St Nicholas, not sure why, after all since when was it right that you tell your kids not to talk to strangers then tell them to go and see a bloke in a red suit and white beard with a decidedly portly frame and a ho ho ho on his breath, umm
as Jesus spoke Aramaic, not sure how white he would be, decidedly olive skinned or rather brown i would have thought going on the region he supposedly came from