St. claus

Her figure head is St. Nicholas full length as a Bishop. On one side of her stern appears St. Claus descending a chimney, from Ingham’s picture, and on the other side ascending, as taken from Wier’s picture.

May every dwelling visited by St. Claus,^([sic]) be the abode of peace, of joy, and of content.

Dunder! then how did you find your way here, and see to jump into my basket of eggs? By St. Claus! but you must be as light as a feather, not to break any of them.

“Good night! Good night, little one; you will find Santa Claus has not forgotten you.” […] He opened his eyes very wide when he saw the stranger. Learning from Maggie who he was, he sprang into the middle of the room, […] “Hurrah! Hurrah! If this ain’t St. Claus himself, I’m blowed.”

Original St. Claus. The feast of St. Nicholas will be duly celebrated almost everywhere save in England, for the fourth century. Archbishop of Myra is one of the most popular figures in the calendar, and is claimed as patron by children, brides, scholars, sailors, parish clerks, pawnbrokers and thieves, and he is the true and original Santa Claus.

HOW WE GOT OUR CHRISTMAS, and ST. CLAUS. By A. R. Horwood, F.L.S.

The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.

This cute little bear has come from the woods to tell Santa Claus he’s been extra good. He climbed up your tree with his very own paws, hoping for honey from jolly St. Claus.

How about implementing "season monsters" like easter^([sic]) bunnies and St. Claus ? So, if you were playing on easter day(*), that bunny could drop a lot of eggs, and if you were playing at Xmas, St. Claus could come and bring you a nice gift (useful weapon or so) ....

Eight years later, another Nast cartoon was the first known image of anyone using the U.S. mail system to write to Santa. That drawing shows a youngster dropping a letter addressed to “St. Claus, North Pole” into a mailbox.