Santa Claus

noun

San·ta Claus ˈsan-tə-ˌklȯz

also ˈsan-tē-

variants or Santa

ˈsan-tə

: 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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One of the most storied examples of unruly Eagles fan behavior took place all way back in 1968, when a man dressed as Santa Claus walked out onto the field. —

Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025 Couple Has Pink Christmas Wedding Complete with Carolers, Santa Claus and a Giant Nutcracker! —

Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025 From the idea of Santa Claus being Black to fighting with Jane Fonda for the right to ask a woman about her plastic surgery, the archives are stuffed with the things that Kelly does not enjoy. —

Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 12 Jan. 2025 Every December, the Santa Claus rally, which measures the last five trading days in a year and the first two trading days of the next year, gets a lot of attention. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Santa Claus