Santa Claus (Fictitious character)
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Claus, Santa (Fictitious character)
Saint Nicholas (Fictitious character)
Nicholas, Saint (Fictitious character)
Father Christmas (Fictitious character)
Kris Kringle (Fictitious character)
Kringle, Kris (Fictitious character)
Santa (Fictitious character)
Santa Claus (Legendary character)
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Sources
found: Bennett, Richard Grant. Secret Santa, 2015:ECIP galley (Santa Claus)
found: Wikipedia, March 25, 2015(Santa Claus; also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle and Santa; mythical figure with legendary, historic, and folkloric origins; associated with Christmas; commonly portrayed as living at the North Pole; makes toys or oversees elves who make toys)
found: Getty Iconography authority, December 19, 2020(Santa Claus (legendary character, western secular, ca.1820); distinguished from: Nicholas of Myra, Saint (bishop, saint, 270-343, in Asia Minor); affiliated/associated with: Christmas) - http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000656
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2015-03-25: new
2021-01-23: revised
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