Father Christmas
Father Christmas noun - The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas.
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Santa and Father Christmas are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Santa" instead a noun phrase "Father Christmas".
Santa
Santa noun - The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas.
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Father Christmas and Santa are semantically related. You can use "Father Christmas" instead a noun "Santa".
Nearby Word: Santo
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- This version of Father Christmas/Santa is American and didn't appear in Britain until much later (this version of the story is set in 1860, according to the Ghost of Christmas Present)
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In the 1985 Australian thriller Fortress, one of the masked criminals wears a Santa Claus mask and is dubbed 'Father Christmas' by the children he's abducted for ransom.
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As mentioned, above, Santa Claus (as Father Christmas) appears in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to signal that the White Witch's always-winter-never-christmas power is beginning to fade.
Source: Santa Claus
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