Father Christmas and Santa Claus

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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 Claus and Father Christmas are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Santa Claus" instead a noun phrase "Father Christmas".

Santa Claus 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 Claus are semantically related. You can use "Father Christmas" instead a noun phrase "Santa Claus".

Although Santa Claus and Father Christmas have picked up many attributes from each other, and are now basically considered the same person, they were originally distinct characters.

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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.

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Father Christmas was an Anthropomorphic Personification of the Christmas holiday itself (particularly its feasting and drinking aspects), and wore a robe rather than the suit that Santa Claus wears.

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