Who is Santa Clause
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Santa Clause By Any Other Name
Whether you call him Santa Clause, Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or any other of the hundreds of names for him, Santa is still the hero of millions of children in the world.
We love Santa Clause at our house, and we love to track his yearly visits! Check out the many faces of Santa below, and share our joy while we wait for his yearly travel around the world.
Countdown to Santa's 2011 trip to deliver gifts
1. Where does the name Kris Kringle originate?
2. Who wrote the original The Night Before Christmas poem?
3. Where did the tradition of Christmas gifts come from?
4. To deliver presents all over the world to all the children who believe in him how many presents would he have to deliver in a second?
Answers are at the bottom of the page.
Here Comes Santa
Twas' The Night Before Christmas
"sugarplums dancing in their heads..."
"laying a finger aside of his nose, and giving a nod up the chimney he rose..."
and other great quotes from this childhood favorite.
Three reasons to love Santa Clause
2. I believe.
3. There's no one funner than Santa Clause when you're a child.
Santa's Favorite Team
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My Favorite Movies About Santa Clause
Here are some of my favorites, I watch them every year. It's a tradition at our house.
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Santa's Bounty
Santa Costumes and Accessories
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Quick, what do you think of Santa Clause?
Animated Santa Clause
Santa Links
- Santa Claus.com
- Find out how Christmas is celebrated around the world.
- Santa Claus Facts
- Find out more about the history and origin of Santa Clause
- Santa Lessons
- Everything Else offers lesson plans to help you teach children about the history of Santa Claus
- Santa Names
- Find out what they call Santa Clause in other countries.
- The History Of Santa Clause
- Find out how Santa got his name, where his red suit originated, and more.
- The North Pole.com
- More on the history of Santa Claus, and how the Dutch brought his story to America.
- Norad Tracks Santa
- Track Santa's progress around the world on Christmas Eve!
Santa's Workshop
Shout Out For Santa Clause!
Share your stories, sightings, thoughts, rants, raves...
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jadehorseshoe
Dec 21, 2011 @ 9:42 pm | delete
- Santa is a fine fellow.
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JessicaMcCarty
May 27, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
- Love it! I love Christmas and Santa Clause! Hi from wahm.com forums!
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drdeal34
Dec 4, 2010 @ 11:12 am | delete
- He definitely needs official North Pole Sleight License. Visit my lens to see hot to get it Santa ID card.
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SantaHat
Jul 17, 2010 @ 12:06 pm | delete
- Very cool lens, I love Santa and I'm so excited for coming of Christmas.
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SoyCandleLover-Maker
Nov 12, 2009 @ 2:38 pm | delete
- Yup, warm and fuzzy, I believe, and funner, too :D ! 5 stars, Fav and lensroll, too. I also linked this lens in the discovery tool for my newest lens Santa's Existence on Trial, Miracle on 34th Street as Proof . Thanks so much
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lexi
Jul 14, 2009 @ 12:13 pm | delete
- christmas is my favorite holiday i give santa a 22 million did do and always belive in santa never give up hope
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Barkely
Dec 9, 2008 @ 10:03 pm | in reply to poddys | delete
- Yeah, my spell checker doesn't like "funner," but sometimes you have to live dangerously:-) It doesn't like "themed" either, but I do so I still use it, I'm a rebel that way, lol.
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poddys
Dec 9, 2008 @ 9:20 pm | delete
- I remember that the Santa Grotto in the stores used to be a magical place. You could never see inside it until it was your turn to go in. Nowadays stuck in the middle of the mall it's all about selling the photos, rather than the magical meeting of your Christmas hero. It's still a lovely concept to keep alive in the minds of children for as many years as you can. Just wondering if "funner" got red flagged by your spell checker LOL :)
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Dec 9, 2008 @ 7:35 pm | delete
- Great article! Just one thing though; is the Wikipedia module near the top intended to be about the movie, or is it supposed to be about the man himself? I'd prefer it to be on the man himself.
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JaguarJulie
Sep 14, 2008 @ 7:35 am | delete
- Ah, what a sweet lens! I can remember as a child in Cleveland, Ohio in the Kamms Corner house that we grew up in ... chasing, YES chasing Santa across our slow filled back yard. I lost him when he jumped the fence out back. I looked and looked for his sleigh that might be parked in the business parking lot ... that was fun!
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1. It originates from Germany, and comes from the term Christ Kind, which in English means "Christ Child."
2. Clement C. Moore, the original poem was called, The Night Before Christmas " A Visit from St. Nicholas"
3. The tradition of gifts comes from the Magi bearing gifts for the Christ child.
4. To deliver presents to all the children who believe in him, on Christmas eve, taking into account the different time zones around the world, Santa Clause would have to visit approximately 830 houses per second during a 31 hour time frame.
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