No one is ever quite sure how the Sami people of Lapland managed to lay such undisputed claim to the fact that Santa Claus abides among them. |
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For this is what has allowed the government to appear in the guise of Santa Claus. |
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Well, I may have had a lot of Grinches to contend with this year, but that doesn't mean I've lost my belief in Santa Claus! |
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Santa Claus was as usual in attendance with plenty of presents for the large number of children. |
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Just like giving up on Santa Claus being real, none of us really believe the media is objective anymore, do we? |
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Samis are often stereotyped as the comical helpers of Santa Claus or, even more negatively, as drunken fools or jesters. |
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Local schoolchildren led a rousing rendition of some popular Christmas carols and Santa Claus was on hand. |
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They must need a lot of Dutch courage to fight an eight-foot Santa Claus because it must be a scary battle. |
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Santa Claus does somehow manage to find his way to us but his offerings always take on the flavour of the nearest gift shop. |
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At each stop, children visit with Santa Claus in the caboose before touring two more cars full of holiday displays. |
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Homes are decorated with greens but Christmas trees, stockings, special lights, Santa Claus, and mistletoe are missing. |
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Hew home was so cosy and so artistically decorated for Christmas with decorations, lights, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. |
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At least with Santa Claus, we know there really was a Saint Nicholas on whom all the later wild stories are based. |
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At Christmastime thirteen Santa Claus figures called Christmas Men are said to visit every home in the land. |
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It was kind of a combination of Superman, Batman, Santa Claus, and a rock band. |
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She also cited a 2001 Utah case in which a man legally changed his name to Santa Claus. |
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Santa Claus even made a belated arrival in the street together with sleigh to entertain the children and give out presents. |
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The governor has become Santa Claus for every legislator with visions of boondoggles dancing in their heads. |
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We had a sheriff who played Santa Claus every year decked out in an unconvincing, moth-eaten, red suit. |
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Why don't we have schools that teach children there is a tooth fairy or put Santa Claus Studies on the national curriculum, and be done with it? |
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Around her neck and from each ear hung a little Santa Claus and a bracelet held charms of snowmen, reindeer, and candy canes. |
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The shortened, Latinised version of his name became Sancte Claus, which led to the obvious name of Santa Claus. |
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A surprise guest on the night was Santa Claus at the invitation of the parents association. |
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They are both wearing Santa Claus hats, and they are out of their heads on Malibu. |
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With his gold-rimmed aviator glasses, gray hair, trim beard and friendly face, he almost looked like Santa Claus. |
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Still struggling to find the right words, Robertson went on to compare faith healing to Santa Claus. |
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When the notion of Santa Claus arrived in Britain, the same ladies would dress up as the bearded gent to visit poor homes with a toy for each child. |
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Hickey, it turns out, is their father confessor, their Santa Claus, and he buys them all the drinks they want. |
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Thanks to his press agent though, the general populace saw him as a kindly, Santa Claus like figure, which was just about as far from the truth as one could get. |
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Could you imagine what would happen when Santa Claus arrives to the African savanna and meet face to face a very wild and inpatient Rhinoceros? |
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If Rudolf can't do it, Pike Ike will gladly take over for him to light the way for Santa Claus with his red nose. |
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His imagination slips into fantasy, creating an enchanting world where polar bears rub shoulders with elves, seals and even Santa Claus. |
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Already in the month of September, the Easter bunnies, changed into Santa Claus bunnies, smiled tenuously from the supermarket shelves. |
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This was, after, a little girl who stopped believing in Santa Claus when she was six. |
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To the simple-minded who think they have discredited Santa Claus by insulting him, this is our answer: you are far from the truth. |
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A secular Père Noël, or Santa Claus, gives well-behaved children rewards at midnight on Christmas Eve. |
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Make your hat extra long for a Santa Claus look or extra short for a beanie cap. |
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They hang up their stockings by the fireplace and, before going to bed, they leave cake and wine for Santa Claus and carrots for his reindeer. |
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In one Christmas campaign, Spuds appeared in a Santa Claus suit, promoting 12-packs of Bud Light beer. |
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However, our culture is being influenced by marketing and Saint Nicolas is often exchanged by Santa Claus. |
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Père Nöel, or Santa Claus, rewarded good children with gifts left in slippers at midnight on Christmas Eve. |
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After the amendments came out of the committee in December there were concerns that perhaps telethons and Santa Claus parades were not protected. |
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She is almost always right, except this morning, when she talked about Santa Claus. |
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What about Santa Claus meeting a very Furious Bull which is in addition very sensitive to bright red clothes? |
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As a message for young people, Shannon and Watkins hope to visit Santa Claus when on the North Pole. |
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The Sealtest sleigh was once again part of the Santa Claus Parade organized by the city of Chilliwack, in British Columbia. |
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As usual, Santa Claus has arrived to LeasePlan on Friday 5h December 2008 with loads of gifts at the attention of the employees' children. |
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In 1999, Operation Santa Claus almost doubled in size because of the deployments to Kosovo and East Timor. |
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The figure of Santa Claus first begins to show up among the Pennsylvania Dutch in the mid 1820s in the form of Kris Kringle, or as he was also known, Belsnickle. |
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And she is focused on her so-far-unsuccessful quest to get a puppy from her mothers or Santa Claus or anyone who will listen. |
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If you buy a picture book of that poem, the illustrations are usually of the full-size, jolly, red and white Santa Claus. |
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The point of the Santa Claus myth is to compel children to play nice, finish their greens, and go to bed early. |
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The roles of the kindly professor and Santa Claus were tailor-made for Liam Murphy, whose avuncular presence must have been very reassuring for the children at the outset. |
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Children in all kinds of outfits vied with each other to receive gifts from radio jockey Ajai, who was dressed as the paunchy Santa Claus for the event. |
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The company rumours about your stumbling antics with the nubile, young secretary have subsided, and Santa Claus once again brought you those lovely silk boxer shorts. |
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It's not until they are carrying me away, not until I can feel the cold metal of the handcuffs biting into my wrists, that it sinks in I just shot Santa Claus. |
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I remember being heartbroken when I found out Santa Claus did not exist. |
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I bought it at an auction and outbid a man who looked like Santa Claus. |
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Any man who likes playing Santa Claus is in much better shape come Christmas if he has a German goiter. |
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Finland is locally regarded as the home of Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus, living in the northern Lapland region. |
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Well, it was nip and tuck, but everything worked out fine. Santa Claus got there in time to bring toys to all the boys and girls. |
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You believe in Santa Claus, I know that, because of course the Fraser report was quite good, and our recommendations were very pointed, exactly dealing with a lot of the same stuff we're dealing with here. |
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In December 1944, Thérèse Perrault was nine years old, and although her belief in Santa Claus was not as strong as before, she still sent him several letters all the same. |
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On the first occasion, the guards called the man into the office and laughed about the face of a black Santa Claus that someone had painted on the office window. |
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Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas. |
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Children believe that Santa Claus comes down the chimney to bring them Christmas presents. |
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Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore and Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church. |
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Yes, and Santa Claus really does come down the chimney! |
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The term Christkindl evolved to Kriss Kringle, another nickname for Santa Claus. |
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An entire cul-de-sac of lights, inflatable Santa Claus, candy canes, reindeer, animated figures and a giant star to lead the way. |
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For example, let us suppose a Santa Claus parade went by a television camera and the camera captured the image but also captured a band playing White Christmas or another popular song in both video and audio. |
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And Santa Claus has taken time out of his busy schedule to give his seal of approval to the park after trying out the new play equipment. |
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Zany illustrations portray Santa Claus in unconventional situations. |
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The holiday cruise features traditional carols, Norwegian glogg, Santa Claus and a Christmas breakfast. |
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The rubbernecks in this love game will be snowmen and Santa Claus himself. |
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Old Saint Nick Santa Claus has passed all pre-flight inspection checks and is now ready to take off on Christmas Eve, Transport Canada announced. |
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They are associated with Santa Claus and sleighs, with the idea of a Scandinavian icy white Christmas that is far more magical than the reality we normally experience in warmish, wettish Britain. |
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And you're liable to end up in attics or the back of wardrobes when Santa Claus delivers lots of new teddies at Christmas. |
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The Legion's own commitment to troop morale includes the provision of funding for show tours to Afghanistan, military sports programs, Operation Santa Claus and support of the Nijmegen March team. |
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At the Westfield Valencia Town Center, Santa Claus will be coming to town on Veterans Day. |
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Unless we're able to deify fictional characters like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, we're not going to have a supreme being who only doles out the goodies. |
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In 1863, the modern day image of Santa Claus begins to take shape. |
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Therefore, you would have to be a bad person, as it were, not to support the catalogue of good intentions and social Santa Claus policy contained in this report. |
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I must admit that, when listening to her this morning while I was working at my office, I was very surprised to hear her say at one point that there was no Santa Claus. |
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This Christmas car comes in a clear plastic Santa Claus figure. The latter can be hung on a Christmas tree continues the series of festive themes from previous years. |
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In 2008 we donated pocket knives as part of Operation Santa Claus. |
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The Saint Lucy's Day, which take place on 13 December, is very popular among children in some Italian regions, where she plays a role similar to Santa Claus. |
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How about that the Sooner State has a Santa Claus Commission? |
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In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. |
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As visitors stroll through the candlelit Village, they can meet Father Christmas and Santa Claus, join in a Christmas Carol singalong, hear holiday music, and much more. |
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Pure butter shortbread is an all year round favourite, with shortbreads in the shape of a star, christmas tree, bell and Santa Claus, all attractively packaged. |
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