Santa Claus

English thumb|A Japanese depiction of Santa Claus c. 1914. Alternative forms en Santaclaus Santa Clause Santa Klaus Santeclaus Santiclaus Santy Claus variously _ obsolete or nonstandard en Sta. Claus Sta Claus St. Claus St Claus abbreviation Etymology en :bor nl:Sinterklaas<t:Saint Nicholas> + en Sinterklaas. Pronunciation en /ˈsæn.təˌklɔːz/ 1 UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Santa Claus.wav Southern England en /ˈsæn.təˌklɑz/ /ˈsæn.təˌklɔz/ 1 US en /ˈsæːn.təˌkloːz/ 1 AU Proper noun es 1 en folklore A figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time. en Claus Father Christmas Kris Kringle Mr. Claus Saint Claus Saint Nicholas Saint Nick Santa Sandy Claus 1773 December 26, New York Gazette, p. 3: Last Monday the Anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called St. A Claus, was celebrated at Protestant-Hall. 1808 January 25, Salmagundi, p. 407: The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants. 1828 November, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, letter to his mother from Italy: Here, too, the winter festivals are just commencing; and the toy-shops are full of dolls and gew-gaws for the Bifana, who acts here the same comedy for children that Santiclaus does in America. 1937 August, Lawrence Martin, "The Odyssey of a Bogeyman", Esquire, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 39: This is one of the developments Karl Marx failed to predict. Had he foreseen it he might have expired in guffaws, rolling in the aisle of the British Museum Library amid the notes for Das Kapital, that bearded Santa Claus of the revolution who slipped the unwanted gift of communism down the world's chimneys. en 1980 The Blue Lagoon (1980 film) The Blue Lagoon w:Douglas Day Stewart Emmeline: Oh Richard, you can't know everything. Only God knows everything.Richard: God—He can't find us any better than Santa Claus. en Gerry Bowler Santa the Adman Santa Claus: A Biography w:McClelland & Stewart 2005 142 https://archive.org/details/santaclausbiogra0000bowl/page/142/mode/1up 0-7710-1532-1 By 1900, department-store Santa Clauses were common – lodged in grottoes, cottages, and workshops or on thrones, they presided over a never-ending stream of children. en figuratively by extension A generous source of free gifts or benefits. en 1978 Henry Grayson; Clemens A. Loew Changing approaches to the psychotherapies 314 I then probe as to whether he is waiting for some Santa Claus to make him well, strong, and happy, or whether he is waiting for rigor mortis to deliver him from his earthly troubles. en number of places c/US. en ghost town co/Mohave County s/Arizona. en city co/Toombs County s/Georgia. en town co/Spencer County s/Indiana. Original name: en Santa Fe. Derived terms en Claus Mistress Santa Claus Mrs Santa Claus Mrs. Santa Claus Santa Santa Clausmas Santa Claus melon Santa Paws Santarina secret Santa Descendants ja サンタクロース 1 ko 산타 클로스 1 ms Santa Claus 1 ru Са́нта-Кла́ус 1 uk Са́нта-Кла́ус 1 Translations fictional figure Abkhaz: ab Аҵаа Бабаду literally "ice grandfather" Afrikaans: af Vader Kersfees, af Kersvader Albanian: sq Baba Dimri Amharic: am የገና አባት Arabic: ar بَابَا نُوِيل m Armenian: hy Ձմեռ Պապ, hy Կաղանդ Պապ Azerbaijani: az Santa Klaus Western style, az Şaxta baba Slavic style, az Ayaz Ata Turkic mythology Bashkir: ba Ҡыш бабай Belarusian: be Дзед Маро́з m Slavic style, be Са́нта-Кла́ус m Western style Breton: br Tad Kozh an Nedeleg, br Tad Kozh ar Pellgent Bulgarian: bg Дя́до Мраз m, bg Дя́до Коледа m Burmese: my ဆန်တာကလော့စ် Catalan: ca Pare Noel m Cherokee: chr ᏗᎭᏄᎧᎯ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 聖誕老人 sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 聖誕老人 Sèng-tàn-lāu-lâng Mandarin: cmn 聖誕老人 Shèngdàn lǎorén, cmn 耶誕老人 Yēdàn lǎorén, Yédàn lǎorén Taiwan Cornish: kw Tas Nadelik Czech: cs Santa Claus m, cs Ježíšek m Danish: da julemanden c, da sankt Nikolaus c Dutch: nl Kerstman m Christmas, nl Sinterklaas m 5-6 December, nl Sint-Nicolaas m 5-6 December Esperanto: eo Avo Frosto Father Frost, Christmas, eo Sankta Nikolao (Saint Nicholas) 6 December, eo Kristnaska Viro Estonian: et Jõuluvana Faroese: fo jólamaður m Finnish: fi joulupukki French: fr Père Noël m, fr Papa Noël m Father Christmas, fr Saint Nicolas m 6 December Galician: gl Papá Noel m Georgian: ka თოვლის ბაბუა, ka თოვლის პაპა m, ka სანტა კლაუსი Western style German: de Weihnachtsmann m Christmas, de Christkind n Christmas; different figure with same role, de Nikolaus m 6 December, de Samichlaus m Switzerland Greek: el Άγιος Βασίλης Greenlandic: kl juulimaaq Gujarati: gu નાતાલ દાદા m-p Haitian Creole: ht Tonton Nwèl Hawaiian: haw Kanakaloka Hebrew: he סַנְטָה קְלָאוּס m sánta kláus Hindi: hi सांता क्लॉस m, hi सांता क्लॉज़ m Hungarian: hu Mikulás Icelandic: is jólasveinninn m Ido: io Indonesian: id Sinterklas Irish: ga Daidí na Nollag m, ga San Nioclás m, ga Saintí Italian: it Babbo Natale m, it Papà Natale m rare, it Padre Natale m rare Japanese: ja サンタクロース Santa Kurōsu Karelian: krl talviukko, krl pakkaisukko Kazakh: kk Аяз ата, kk Санта-Клаус Khmer: km តាណូអែល Korean: ko ^산타 ^클로스 Lao: lo ຊານຕາ ຄລອດສ Latin: la pater natālis m, la Sānctus Nīcholāus m Latvian: lv Ziemassvētku vecītis m Lithuanian: lt kalėdų senelis m Luxembourgish: lb Kleeschen m Macedonian: mk Дедо Мраз m Malay: ms Bapa Krismas, ms Santa Claus Maltese: mt Santa Klaws Manx: gv Noo Niglus m Māori: mi Hana Kōkō Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Йӱштӧ Кугыза, mhr Йӱштӧ кугыза Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Санта Клаус, mn Өвлийн өвгөн Navajo: nv Késhmish Hastiin Norman: nrf Papa Noué m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb julenisse m Ojibwe: oj Gaamiisaagdooned-mishomis Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira بابا نوئِل bâbâ no'el, fa-ira بابانوئِل bâbâno'el Plautdietsch: pdt Wienachtsmaun m Polish: pl Święty Mikołaj m Portuguese: pt Pai Natal m Portugal Mozambique, pt Papai Noel m Brazil Romanian: ro Moș Crăciun m Russian: ru Дед Моро́з m Slavic style, ru Санта-Кла́ус m Western style Sami: Skolt Sami: sms rosttovkääʹlles Scots: sco Faither Yuil, sco Santae Claus Scottish Gaelic: gd Bodach na Nollaige m, gd Daidaín na Nollaig Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Деда Мраз m Latin: sh Deda Mraz m Sinhala: si නත්තල් සීය Slovak: sk Mikuláš m Slovene: sl Božiček m Spanish: es Papá Noel Spain South America, es Santa Claus Latin America, es Viejito Pascuero Chile, es San Nicolás Honduras Venezuela Swedish: sv jultomten c, sv julgubben c Finland, sv tomten Tagalog: tl Santa-Klaus m Tajik: tg Бобои Барфӣ Tamil: ta நத்தார் தாத்தா, ta கிறித்துமசு தாத்தா, ta சாண்டா குலோஸ் Thai: th ซานตาคลอส, th ซานตา Turkish: tr Noel Baba Ottoman Turkish: ota نوئل بابا, ota نوئل پدر, ota پدر نوئل Ukrainian: uk Святи́й Микола́й m, uk Дід Моро́з m Slavic style, uk Са́нта-Кла́ус m Western style Urdu: ur سانْتا کِلاز m, ur سانْتا کْلاز m Uzbek: uz Santa Klaus, uz Avliyo Nikolas, uz Qorbobo Vietnamese: vi ông già Nô en, vi ông già Santa, vi ông già Noel Volapük: vo Fatül Kritid Welsh: cy Siôn Corn, cy Santa Clos Zealandic: zea Sinterklaos See also en Father Frost Jesus Mrs. Claus Three Wise Men holiday gift bringers in some cultures Further reading en eponyms en Christmas Mythological figures Sinterklaas Toys Characters from folklore Catalan Pronunciation Proper noun m Santa Claus en Santa Claus ca Pare Nadal Pare Noel ca Christmas Spanish Etymology es :bor en:Santa Claus + 1 Pronunciation santa clos<a:Latam> +<a:Spain> San.ta Claus Proper noun m Santa Claus en Santa Claus ca Christmas