Santa Clauses

Red-suited gift deliverers

Santa Clauses is the plural of Santa Claus, the mythical figure who delivers gifts to children on Christmas Eve.

The plural appears when referring to multiple people dressed as Santa: The mall had three Santa Clauses working in shifts, Santa Clauses ring bells for charity on street corners.

The form also works for figurative benefactors: Tech billionaires fancy themselves Santa Clauses to humanity.

giftsItems freely given
wish listEnumeration of wants
SinterklaasDutch winter gift-giver
impersonatorsThose assuming others' identities
red suitScarlet ensemble

white beard · generosity · sleigh · Father Christmas · holiday · yuletide · chimney · cookies · milk · cheer · stockings · Christmas Eve · lap sitting · Christmas cards · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · kindness · holiday decorations · Odin

Opposites

mythical gift-giving role

Santa ClausesKrampus

Folklore figure punishing misbehavior

the Grinch · Scrooges · Scrooge · bogeymen · burglars

Christmas mythology hierarchy

Santa Clauseselves

Mythical small beings

Christmas elves · reindeer · helpers · Rudolph

seasonal symbolism

Santa ClausesScrooges

Stingy, cold-hearted types

thieves · robbers · hoarders · takers · Easter Bunnies

Family

Santa Claus, Santa, Claus, saint, saints, saintly, sainthood, saintliness, unsaintly

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G