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Santa Claus
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Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint Nicholas, Saint, patron of children and sailors, of Greece, Sicily, and Russia, and of many other places and persons. Little is known of him, but he is traditionally identified as a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Asia Minor.
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Santa Claus
jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937]
See : Christmas
Santa Claus
gives gifts to children on Christmas. [Folklore: Walsh Classical, 50]
See : Generosity
Santa Claus
ho-ho-hoing merry gift-giver at Christmas. [Am. Pop. Cult.: Misc.]
See : Joviality
Santa Claus
he knows who has been bad or good. [Western Folklore: Misc.]
See : Omniscience
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