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Mrs Santa Claus en · PROPN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Mrs. Claus.
   alt of Mrs. Claus
   • The confrontation of urban and rural lifestyles is the major source of fun in the novel which would be incomplete without due references to the WI where "tradition decreed that one should wear a tweedy A-line skirt with a delicious lemony-coloured twin set" (119), where one can get one's hand "on loads of those hand-knitted gnome families they always make" (118) and where new members are introduced into the mysteries of "how to knit Mrs Santa Claus or the Three Bears in lime green wool remnants" (118). 1996, Jens Ulrich Davids, Richard Stinshoff, editors, The Past in the Present: Proceedings of the 5th Annual British and Cultural Studies Conference, Oldenburg 1994, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 78:
   • The weather was fair and there were even a few glimmers of sunshine in Setmurthy Woods as the race started with 165 runners, most of whom were running in Christmas costumes ranging from lots of Mr and Mrs Santa Clauses, elves, a squirrel, a man with his head in a turkey, reindeers and a Christmas box. 2019 December 26, “Festive race was a welcome early gift”, in News & Star, Carlisle, Cumbria, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 36, columns 2–3:
   • At any rate his mother’s response when she came down, her hair wet and heaped on her head, was not enthusiastic either. ‘Mrs Santa Claus is a white lady. A big fat white lady.’ 2009, Evie Wyld, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, London: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 39:
   • You could ask him: / • about Rudolph and the other reindeers in his team. / • if Rudolph is happier, now that all the other reindeers are his friends. / • about Mrs Santa Claus and wish him all the best until next Christmas. / Use the format given below. /[…] Closing line → Give my regards to Mrs Santa Claus. Hope to hear from you soon. 2019, Abha Sahgal, Sandra de Souza, “English”, “3. Rudolph: Santa’s Favourite Reindeer”, in Foundation: A Semester Series; English, Mathematics, Environmental Studies; 3: Semester 2, V-Connect Education, →ISBN, page E-33:
   • THE MMES SANTA CLAUS—The students at the California School for the Deaf made the most dolls for Junior Red Cross this Christmas season. 1953 December 22, Riverside Daily Press, volume LXVIII, number 286, Riverside, Calif., →OCLC, page 15, column 1:
   • Other contestants were various Mrs Santa Clauses and a Christmas tree. 2016 December 29, “Golfers enjoy a hole lot of Christmas fun”, in Penarth Times, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 2:

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