OXFORD 9000
📚 name • entry_id 15336

Santa Claus

/ˈsæn.təˌklɔːz/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Papá Noel • San Nicolás • Santa Claus • Viejito Pascuero
A figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time.
Last Monday the Anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called St. A Claus, was celebrated at Protestant-Hall.
The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants.