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St. Claus
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St Claus
English
Alternative forms
en Sta. Claus Sta Claus St Claus
Proper noun
en Santa Claus.
en 27 January 1842 New Packet Ship St. Nicholas w:The New York Herald VII 313 (1981 overall) New York, N.Y. [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/466563466/ 2 39617616 Her figure head is St. Nicholas full length as a Bishop. On one side of her stern appears St. Claus descending a chimney, from Ingham’s picture, and on the other side ascending, as taken from Wier’s picture.
en 20 December 1842 Christmas! Intelligencer & Journal XLII (12, New Series) 46 Lancaster, Pa. John Weiss Forney [3] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/558484937/ 1 10251157 May every dwelling visited by St. Claus, be the abode of peace, of joy, and of content.
en 28 December 1844 James Kirke Paulding (From Graham’s Magazine for January 1845.) The Blind Fiddler of New Amsterdam. Translated from an exceedingly rare Dutch manuscript. Wisconsin Herald, and Grant County Advertiser II 42 Lancaster, Wis. J. D. Spalding 165 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/684893665/ 3 2837-3294 15115956 Dunder! then how did you find your way here, and see to jump into my basket of eggs? By St. Claus! but you must be as light as a feather, not to break any of them.
en 26 December 1883 Maggie Ashton; or, From Drawing Room to Garret The Birmingham Daily Post XXXIX 7,951 Birmingham, Warwickshire chapter IX 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/383539661/ 5 1080828265 “Good night! Good night, little one; you will find Santa Claus has not forgotten you.” He opened his eyes very wide when he saw the stranger. Learning from Maggie who he was, he sprang into the middle of the room, “Hurrah! Hurrah! If this ain’t St. Claus himself, I’m blowed.”
en 6 December 1928 the Daily Herald Gossip of the DayIn Frozen North. A Racing Fancy. Her Third Venture. Soldiers of To-day. Catch Questions. St. Nicholas. w:Southern Daily Echo final XL 12,401 Southampton, Hampshire 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1220992935/ 5–6 751637483 Original St. Claus. The feast of St. Nicholas will be duly celebrated almost everywhere save in England, for the fourth century. Archbishop of Myra is one of the most popular figures in the calendar, and is claimed as patron by children, brides, scholars, sailors, parish clerks, pawnbrokers and thieves, and he is the true and original Santa Claus.
en 23 December 1933 The Tamworth Herald 3412 Tamworth, Staffordshire 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/810983085/ 1 0962-8622 1064866914 HOW WE GOT OUR CHRISTMAS, and ST. CLAUS. By A. R. Horwood, F.L.S.
en 22 December 1936 Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack Norfolk Virginian-Pilot CXLIII 83 Norfolk, Va. 9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/851556840/ 6 13998673 The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.
8 December 1979 Bullock’s Because Christmas is Special 15 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385271147/ 6 This cute little bear has come from the woods to tell Santa Claus he’s been extra good. He climbed up your tree with his very own paws, hoping for honey from jolly St. Claus.
en 29 March 1994 Matthias Kring wishing for new "monster" rec.games.hack https://web.archive.org/web/20251221075406/https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.hack/c/QHax9zp-PVg/m/Jzxd7kMgJBMJ How about implementing "season monsters" like easter bunnies and St. Claus ? So, if you were playing on easter day(*), that bunny could drop a lot of eggs, and if you were playing at Xmas, St. Claus could come and bring you a nice gift (useful weapon or so) ....
en 20 December 2018 Bob Wachs Letters to Santa Chatham News+Record Siler City, N.C. A9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/635733044/ 5 1317751312 Eight years later, another Nast cartoon was the first known image of anyone using the U.S. mail system to write to Santa. That drawing shows a youngster dropping a letter addressed to “St. Claus, North Pole” into a mailbox.