Father Christmas is from the British Isles. He wears a leather coat (brown, scarlet or green) trimmed in fox or dark mink, and a garland of holly on his head. He always has an urn of wassall (hot cider punch) and a Yule log for burning all night on Christmas Eve. He brings toys for good children and "switches" for the unruly ones. Sometimes he carries a lantern to light his way through the cold dark woods, and he is never without a Christmas tree.