Santa Claus
noun
San·ta Claus
ˈsan-tə-ˌklȯz 
also ˈsan-tē-
variants
or Santa
: a plump, white-bearded, red-suited, and jolly old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to children at Christmastime
There might be a few weeks left until Christmas, but Santa Claus and his merry elves landed early in Bakersfield because several boys and girls on the nice list caught their attention.—
Ema Sasic
Ema Sasic… we had dashed downstairs to the living room to see what Santa had brought and piled up, in great mounds of splendidly wrapped packages, under the Christmas tree—whose angel's halo brushed the ceiling.—Anthony Bailey
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There were lots of fedoras, pearls and flapper dresses among the couple of hundred guests; even Santa Claus traded in his standard hat for one of the flat variety and eschewed his regular red-and-white suit for a stylish red vest.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Will Santa Claus make an appearance at the pub crawl?
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
And this slasher Santa Claus doesn't mess around, using an axe and a shotgun with deadly intention and also down for impaling people on deer antlers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Other characters amid the ice: Hermey the Elf, Clarice and Santa Claus.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Will Santa Claus make an appearance at the pub crawl?
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 26 July 2025
And this slasher Santa Claus doesn't mess around, using an axe and a shotgun with deadly intention and also down for impaling people on deer antlers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Other characters amid the ice: Hermey the Elf, Clarice and Santa Claus.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2025
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“Santa Claus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Santa%20Claus. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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