santa

plural santas

1. informalAlternative letter-case form of Santa (noun).

plural Santas

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Santa Claus.

   In this sense, there is something truly ideal about our civic Santa religion. One can add to this : who wouldn’t want a boss like Santa? Who doesn’t wish that Americans could produce goods like Santa again?

   2011 December 24, “Santaism”, in Just Thomism, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2015

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   Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969. For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa. "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China. "It's a real Christmas now in Santa village, where we can see the real Santa Claus ... It was really worth the trip."

   2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, China

   Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick

plural Santas · alternative santa · alternative Northumbria Santy

1. An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.

   They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.

2. An instance of any likeness of Santa.

   a plastic Santa waving in time to some music

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   They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.

plural Santas

1. A female given name from Italian.

1. A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.