St. Claus

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1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Santa Claus.

   HOW WE GOT OUR CHRISTMAS, and ST. CLAUS. By A. R. Horwood, F.L.S.

   1933 December 23, The Tamworth Herald, number 3412, Tamworth, Staffordshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1

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   Her figure head is St. Nicholas full length as a Bishop. On one side of her stern appears St. Claus descending a chimney, from Ingham’s picture, and on the other side ascending, as taken from Wier’s picture.

   1842 January 27, “New Packet Ship St. Nicholas”, in The New York Herald, volume VII, number 313 (1981 overall), New York, N.Y., →OCLC, page [2], column 2

   May every dwelling visited by St. Claus,^([sic]) be the abode of peace, of joy, and of content.

   1842 December 20, “Christmas!”, in Intelligencer & Journal, volume XLII (12, New Series), number 46, Lancaster, Pa.: John W[eiss] Forney, →OCLC, page [3], column 1

   Dunder! then how did you find your way here, and see to jump into my basket of eggs? By St. Claus! but you must be as light as a feather, not to break any of them.

   1844 December 28, J[ames] K[irke] Paulding, “(From Graham’s Magazine for January 1845.) The Blind Fiddler of New Amsterdam. Translated from an exceedingly rare Dutch manuscript.”, in Wisconsin Herald, and Grant County Advertiser, volume II, number 42, Lancaster, Wis.: J. D. Spalding, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 165, column 3

   “Good night! Good night, little one; you will find Santa Claus has not forgotten you.” […] He opened his eyes very wide when he saw the stranger. Learning from Maggie who he was, he sprang into the middle of the room, […] “Hurrah! Hurrah! If this ain’t St. Claus himself, I’m blowed.”

   1883 December 26, “Maggie Ashton; or, From Drawing Room to Garret”, in The Birmingham Daily Post, volume XXXIX, number 7,951, Birmingham, Warwickshire, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 6, column 5

   Original St. Claus. The feast of St. Nicholas will be duly celebrated almost everywhere save in England, for the fourth century. Archbishop of Myra is one of the most popular figures in the calendar, and is claimed as patron by children, brides, scholars, sailors, parish clerks, pawnbrokers and thieves, and he is the true and original Santa Claus.

   1928 December 6, the Daily Herald, quotee, “Gossip of the Day […]”, in Southern Daily Echo, final edition, volume XL, number 12,401, Southampton, Hampshire, →OCLC, page 6, columns 5–6