Definition of Santa Claus
: 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 … 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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The first known use of Santa Claus was in 1773
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