Mr. Claus

Mr Claus English Alternative forms en Mister Claus Mr Claus Proper noun + Messrs. Claus en Santa Claus. 9 December 1927 w:James Thurber We Meet Mr. Claus https://web.archive.org/web/20210916153350/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1927/12/17/we-meet-mr-claus We Meet Mr. Claus Personality of Eugene S. Todd as "Throne" Santa at Macy's and the story of other Santas in various stores, en 20 December 1938 Paul Harrison Harrison in Hollywood: The Movie Folk Will Leave Town Come Christmas Week-End, and All The Harlan Daily Enterprise 37 300 Harlan, Ky. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1015464712/ 8 1041-7109 15153136 This is the first Christmas, her mother reports, that Shirley Temple has been sure there isn’t a real Santa Claus. Last season she was embarrassingly curious about the numerous Messrs. Claus she saw on the streets and in department stores. en 28 November 1970 The Season to Be Jolly Tucson Daily Citizen centennial volume 285 Tucson, Ariz. 17 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/582926473/ 4 15304868 In New York City (upper left), traditional sidewalk Santas were off on their annual rounds in midtown Manhattan to raise funds for the Volunteers of America. Eddie Simon Sr. introduces 3-year-old Eddie Simon Jr. to the Messrs. Claus. en 26 November 1977 Kate Wheeler Talk of Our Town: Parade Toasts Polar Visitor The Miami Herald 1st 67th year 361 Miami, Fla. 2-B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/627761102/ 5 0898-865X 2733685 The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over. One of the Messrs. Claus will be setting up his workshop in Coral Gables, with a little help from the Jaycees. en 25 June 1978 John Mueller Area Resident’s ‘World’ Seems to Work Daily Record 79 1 Morristown, N.J. H9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/254027393/ 4 12777527 The Two Santa Claus Theory, as I understand it, holds that efficient American government requires two strong political parties, one specializing in income growth and the other in income redistribution. In other words, one Santa to load the sleigh and one to unload it. The Democratic party has gotten extremely good at unloading the sleigh, Jude Wanniski says, but the Republicans have not only forgotten how to load, but have climbed into the sleigh, and now the two Messrs. Claus are shouting at each other. 26 December 1983 w:David W. Dunlap A Frigid New York Warmed by Season https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142526/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/26/nyregion/a-frigid-new-york-warmed-by-season.html Another Mr. Claus was taken for a spin on the makeshift dance floor at One Liberty Plaza in lower Manhattan, where Merrill Lynch & Company had opened its house and its telephone lines to more than 1,000 older people. en 24 March 1985 Moselle Schaffer Around Town: He Looks for TroubleWhen Jack Schweibold goes flying it’s to test whether what goes up comes down to a safe landing Star Magazine w:The Indianapolis Star Indianapolis, Ind. 16 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/106131772/ 2 1930-2533 7980466 After leaving the service, he Jack Schweibold flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “1 I even delivered Santa Claus. One hundred and eighty Messrs. Claus, to be exact,” he says. 11 December 2011 Andre Tartar SantaCon Came to Town Yesterday https://web.archive.org/web/20181119222940/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/12/santacon-came-to-town-yesterday.html The many Mr. Clauses, as well as the odd elf, crowded subways and filled sidewalks from Brooklyn Bridge Park to the South Street Seaport, and even got as far north as Times Square and the New York Public Library. 16 December 2020 Mel Melcon Santa is getting socially creative in this distant Christmas season https://web.archive.org/web/20201216201721/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-16/santa-is-getting-creative-this-socially-distant-christmas What will kids find in their stockings this COVID Christmas? Behind plexiglass shields and colorful masks, Mr. Claus may have a harder time hearing whether kiddos have truly been naughty or nice. Related terms en Mrs. Claus