gift
From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse gift, gipt "gift; good luck," from Proto-Germanic *geftiz
present
From Old French present and directly from Medieval Latin presentia, from phrases such as French en present "(to offer)," mettre en present " place before, give,
bell
Old English belle, which has cognates in Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle but is not found elsewhere in Germanic
Santa Claus
American English, in reference to the customs of the old Dutch colony of New York, from dialectal Dutch Sante Klaas, Middle Dutch Sinter Niklaas -Saint Nicholas
elf
Old English elf (Mercian, Kentish), ælf (Northumbrian), ylfe (plural, West Saxon) "sprite, fairy, goblin, incubus," from Proto-Germanic *albiz.
nativity
Nativite, "feast-day celebrating the birth of Christ, Christmas," from Old French nativité "birth, origin, descent; birthday; Christmas" (12c.), from Late Latin
