Mrs. Santa Claus

plural Mrs. Santa Clauses · plural Mmes. Santa Claus

1. alternativeAlternative form of Mrs. Claus.

   Mrs. Santa Claus, do you think your husband is going to bring that doll to our house?

   1914, Ella H. Clement, “A Christmas Eve Adventure”, in Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker, editor, Choice Dialogues: A Collection of New and Original Dialogues for School and Social Entertainment, Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, published 1919, “Scene III”, page 134

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   Now, dear Mrs. Santa Claus, stay your tears. I think we can outwit your cunning husband yet. / Mrs. Santa Claus (seizing Fairy’s hand and kissing them).—O you dear, dear Fairy, I shall love you now better than ever.

   1889, Clara J. Denton, “Santa Claus Outwitted: A Drama in One Act”, in Charles O. Shoemaker, editor, Holiday Entertainments Containing Short Dramas, Dialogues, Tableaux, Stories, Recitations, Etc. […], Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, “Scene II.—The Same”, page 10

   There was a long table, and around on one side was a big row of Santa Clauses and Mrs. Santa Clauses.

   1907, Thornwell Jacobs, Sinful Sadday: Son of a Cotton Mill: A Story of a Little Orphan Boy Who Lived to Triumph, Nashville, Tenn.: Smith & Lamar, page 67

   Mrs. Santa Claus brushed a tear from her eye as she placed a generous bag of toys on the floor and prepared to depart.

   1914, The Windsor Magazine, volume 39, page 206, column 2

   MANY MMES. SANTA CLAUS / The Saint Is a Polygamist, Judging from Alathean Activites. / There is a Mrs. Santa Claus. In fact, there are more than a score in the Alathean class of the Baptist Sunday School. This class of young women, one of the finest groups in the Baptist Sunday School, this year provided Christmas cheer for the family of its adoption.

   1931 January 23, E. J. Melton, editor, Boonville Republican, volume II, number 41, Boonville, Mo., →OCLC, front page, column 2

   MMES. SANTA CLAUS—Kappa Alpha Theta’s Thursday benefit will aid three charities. Wrapping war orphans’ gifts are, left to right, Mmes. E. C. Burns, W. J. Stoessel, F. L. Wohlwend, Bayard Ryder and William Mabee.

   1948 November 14, Los Angeles Times, final edition, volume LXVII, Los Angeles, Calif.: Times-Mirror Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, part III, page 4, column 1