My mother used to read us the stories of Tomte Tummetott when we were very little, thank you for reminding me of that. But was not the tomte's job to watch over

My mother used to read us the stories of Tomte Tummetott when we were very little, thank you for reminding me of that. But was not the tomte's job to watch over the farm and farm animals and silently keep things in order? I do not recall them having much to do with Santa Claus.