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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On the big screen, he's taken on a wide range of roles, from the titular antihero in Hellboy (2019) and a not-so-jolly Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022) to a friendly ghost dad in We Have a Ghost (2023) and a former race car driver in Gran Turismo (2023).
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025
The Santa Claus origin story is seen in its first 28 days by 40 million Netflix members.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2025
The concept of humans possessing an internal calendar that was somehow capable of determining when roughly a month had gone by was too absurd to be believed—particularly from the person who had helped convince me for half my young life that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny were real.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
There is also an opportunity to stop at Santa Claus Village to see St. Nick’s hometown.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
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Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 21 June 2025
The Santa Claus origin story is seen in its first 28 days by 40 million Netflix members.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 June 2025
The concept of humans possessing an internal calendar that was somehow capable of determining when roughly a month had gone by was too absurd to be believed—particularly from the person who had helped convince me for half my young life that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny were real.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
There is also an opportunity to stop at Santa Claus Village to see St. Nick’s hometown.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025
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“Santa Claus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Santa%20Claus. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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