Santa Clause

plural Santa Clauses

1. alternativeAlternative form of Santa Claus.

   Old Santa Clause, and him be me...They wuz no Santa Clause when he...

   1915, James Whitcomb Riley, “What "Old Santa" Overheard”, in Riley Songs of Friendship, page 161

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   ...each a good knife & some candy & put in their stockings for Santa Clause.

   1978, Calvin Fletcher, “December 1857”, in The Diary of Calvin Fletcher, volume 6, page 153

   I can only sympathize with a teacher whose conscience is of such extreme dimensions that the corroboration of the "Santa Clause myth" causes a pang; and I should surely....I hope that few teachers of our fair Canada are burdened with such a troublesome conscience as your correspondent of Dec. 1st. Let us have Santa Clause in all his magnificence.

   1906, Gideon E. Henderson, Matthew Parkinson, editors, The Canadian Teacher, page 511

   The section features several letters from children addressed to Santa. 14 letters are addressed "Dear Santa Clause", two are addressed "Dear Santa", and one is addressed to "Dear Old Santa Claus", which also mentions him by his full name two more times with the same spelling.

   1908 December 17, The Jeannette Dispatch, Little Folks Write Good Old Santa Claus, page 9

   But since at times it is almost impossible to get at that time of the year, it became necessary to use some other methods of receiving and distributing the many presents from Santa Clause...Under the breakfast plate on Christmas morning a note is often placed, telling where Santa Clause has hidden the first present...There is a Christmas plum pudding made over a wire frame, covered with brown burlap and with raisins sewed on for decoration. This makes an excellent receptacle for the things brought by Santa Clause...

   1910, Lenora Makelim, “Christmas Suggestions.”, in The Oregon Countryman, volume 3, pages 40–41

   ...Was the chance that I might see Santa Clause....For you see my time has come, I'm Santa Clause.

   1920, The Virginia Reel, Virginia Reel, Incorporated, page 19