The weird thing approximately Santa Mythology is that while we're all pretty solid on what he does now --- you know,the North Pole, the elves, or the sleigh and the toys,all that righteous stuff --- the origin story is a lot harder to pin down. I suspect this has a lot to do with the fact that our contemporary conception of Santa Claus has been cobbled together from sources as disparate as a the life of a 4th-century saint, an advertising campaign for Coca-Cola, and the stories of Thor's dad,and a series of stop-motion lively specials, but still. It leaves a lot up in the air.
Which is how you end up with stuff like "Santa's First Christmas Trip, or " in which we get an origin for the jolly old saint that takes the basic premise of "hefty toymaker delivers his wares to children" and goes apt off the rails to banditry,frostbite, and the unanswered mystery of Santa's runt brother.
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Source: comicsalliance.com