Can you tell me the answer to these riddles?

1. Can you tell me what the first Christmas present ever wrapped was?

.............................Hint: Only one word

2. Higher than the tallest metal mountain (that has many eyes looking to the paths below) is where I am. I had a home that was not my home. Incandescence all around, but only in one place. Do you know this king of all, who was a king of no one on Earth?

3. Riches he had none, though fame he acquired. Can you identify this renowned traveler?

4. I was born with the brilliance of a king. Do you know this man that lived and died a pauper?

5. Some gave not. I gave it my all. Some gave a little, I gave it my all. Some gave a lot, I gave it my all. I gave more than most, Can you name this giver as he presents himself to the host?

6. Try as I may I cannot gain any ground, the red is waiting to devour me where I stand. But I fight with my own red upon the eternal leaves. Who is this that wants all to be free?