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Mr. Claus en · PROPN

Meanings

1. Synonym of Santa Claus.
   • The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over. One of the Messrs. Claus will be setting up his workshop in Coral Gables, with a little help from the Jaycees. 1977 November 26, Kate Wheeler, “Talk of Our Town: Parade Toasts Polar Visitor”, in The Miami Herald, 1st edition, 67th year, number 361, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-B, column 5:
   • This is the first Christmas, her mother reports, that Shirley Temple has been sure there isn’t a real Santa Claus. Last season she was embarrassingly curious about the numerous Messrs. Claus she saw on the streets and in department stores. 1938 December 20, Paul Harrison, “Harrison in Hollywood: The Movie Folk Will Leave Town Come Christmas Week-End, and All”, in The Harlan Daily Enterprise, volume 37, number 300, Harlan, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 8:
   • What will kids find in their stockings this COVID Christmas? Behind plexiglass shields and colorful masks, Mr. Claus may have a harder time hearing whether kiddos have truly been naughty or nice. 2020 December 16, Mel Melcon, “Santa is getting socially creative in this distant Christmas season”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2020:
   • We Meet Mr. Claus […] Personality of Eugene S. Todd as "Throne" Santa at Macy's and the story of other Santas in various stores, […] 1927 December 9, James Thurber, “We Meet Mr. Claus”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2021:
   • Another Mr. Claus was taken for a spin on the makeshift dance floor at One Liberty Plaza in lower Manhattan, where Merrill Lynch & Company had opened its house and its telephone lines to more than 1,000 older people. 1983 December 26, David W. Dunlap, “A Frigid New York Warmed by Season”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
   • The many Mr. Clauses, as well as the odd elf, crowded subways and filled sidewalks from Brooklyn Bridge Park to the South Street Seaport, and even got as far north as Times Square and the New York Public Library. 2011 December 11, Andre Tartar, “SantaCon Came to Town Yesterday”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2018:
   • In New York City (upper left), traditional sidewalk Santas were off on their annual rounds in midtown Manhattan to raise funds for the Volunteers of America. Eddie Simon Sr. introduces 3-year-old Eddie Simon Jr. to the Messrs. Claus. 1970 November 28, “The Season to Be Jolly”, in Tucson Daily Citizen, centennial volume, number 285, Tucson, Ariz., →OCLC, page 17, column 4:
   • The Two Santa Claus Theory, as I understand it, holds that efficient American government requires two strong political parties, one specializing in income growth and the other in income redistribution. In other words, one Santa to load the sleigh and one to unload it. The Democratic party has gotten extremely good at unloading the sleigh, [Jude] Wanniski says, but the Republicans have not only forgotten how to load, but have climbed into the sleigh, and now the two Messrs. Claus are shouting at each other. 1978 June 25, John Mueller, “Area Resident’s ‘World’ Seems to Work”, in Daily Record, volume 79, number 1, Morristown, N.J., →OCLC, page H9, column 4:
   • After leaving the service, he [Jack Schweibold] flew for Chicago Helicopter Airways and Butler Aviation as a jack-of-all-trades. “[…] I even delivered Santa Claus. One hundred and eighty Messrs. Claus, to be exact,” he says. 1985 March 24, Moselle Schaffer, “Around Town: He Looks for Trouble […]”, in Star Magazine (The Indianapolis Star), Indianapolis, Ind., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 2:

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Relateds

Mrs. Claus

Synonyms

Santa Claus