United States Senator Royal S. Copeland was wearing the robes of Santa Claus and a great white beard ; ;

Santa's lieutenants in charge of the Journal-Bulletin Santa Claus Fund are looking for the usual generous response this year from Cranston residents.

* 1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

" It consisted of two segments that parodied A Christmas Carol directed by Tony Kluck and It's a Wonderful Life directed by former DreamWorks Animation director Mike deSeve, as well as Christmas-themed music videos ( taken from the first Christmas special ) and several segments in which Butt-Head answered fan mail dressed as Santa Claus while whipping a reindeer-costumed Beavis.

These include Hobgoblins, Maximum Overdrive, Howard the Duck, Breakin ', The Beastmaster, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, The Creeping Terror, Robot Monster, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Man Who Saves the World and the works of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

At the end of the second season, an inebriated Johnny LaRue is given his very own crane by Santa Claus, implying he would be able to have a crane shot whenever he wanted it.

It is common for children to be afraid of disguised, exaggerated, or costumed figures — even Santa Claus.

The Christmas ceremony is accompanied by a reading of A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore and Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church.

Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and chocolate hearts or chocolate in heart-shaped boxes on Valentine's Day.

She also appeared in the NBC television live action production of The Year Without a Santa Claus in December 2006.

* The Year Without a Santa Claus ( 2006 ) – Mother Nature

Unlike in many other European countries, the general image of Święty Mikołaj in Poland is basically no different to the one of the Anglo-Saxon Santa Claus ( he is said to live in the North Pole, wear red clothes and a white beard, use reindeers to pull his sleigh, or enter houses via the chimney ).

* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper ( TV special, 1978 )

Christmas and Easter costumes typically portray mythical characters such as Santa Claus ( by donning a santa suit and beard ) or the Easter Bunny by putting on an animal costume.

* Saint Nicholas Day, where St. Nicholas / Santa Claus leaves little presents in children's shoes.

In the storyline, Santa Claus is being mind-controlled by aliens into causing trouble on Earth.

" He still believed in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus ".

In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland the modern children's folklore of Santa Claus typically includes green-clad elves with pointy ears, long noses, and pointy hats as Santa's helpers or hired workers.

A scene inset inside a circular vignette showing a " dream vision " in Santa Claus ( 1898 )

Smith used this technique again a year later in Santa Claus.

Some popular Christmas carols are " We Wish You a Merry Christmas ", " Deck the Halls ", " The Twelve Days of Christmas ", " Frosty the Snowman ", " Jingle Bells ", " Silver Bells ", " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ", and " O Holy Night ".

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He voiced the mailman narrator in 1970's classic animated film Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town ( TV special ).

* Bad Religion mentions the winds a few times, using their nickname " murder winds ", " St. Anne's skirts are billowing " and the line " The fans of Santa Ana are withering " in the song " Los Angeles Is Burning " from the 2004 album The Empire Strikes First.

The Rankin-Bass studio produced a number of stop-motion specials geared towards popular holidays ( including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town ); while Bill Melendez's long-running series of Peanuts specials won numerous awards, spawned four feature films, and even launched a Saturday morning series.

* Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre: Is a museum based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, it contains many significant archaeological finds and is considered the best repository of objects from the Prehispanic Canary Islands.

*" Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town "; Written by J. Fred Coots And Haven Gillespie ; Performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks

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2 by Various Artists ‒ " What Child Is This " and " Is There A Santa Claus " ( 1983 )

In addition, they released a Christmas album in December 1962 and charted with a unique rendition of " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ".

From 1962 to early 1964, only the Beach Boys matched the Four Seasons in record sales in the United States, and their first three Vee-Jay non-holiday single releases marked the first time that a rock band hit # 1 on the Billboard singles charts with three consecutive entries ( ignoring their version of " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ").

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Autry also sang the classic Ray Whitley hit " Back In The Saddle Again ," as well as many Christmas holiday songs, including " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ," his own composition " Here Comes Santa Claus ," " Frosty the Snowman ," and his biggest hit, " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

McCoy is also known as friend of Bam Margera ( professional skater and jackass star ), McCoy made his appearance in Viva la Bam, Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% Is Santa?

Stevens then signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as " Ahab the Arab ," " Harry the Hairy Ape ," " Funny Man ," the original recording of " Santa Claus Is Watching You ," and " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills.

" The song, " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ," immediately had orders for 100, 000 copies of sheet music the next day.

* We Wish you a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year ( Song: " Santa Claus Is Back In Town ", Elvis Presley )

" They would go on to write more hits for Presley, including the title songs for three of his movies — Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, and King Creole — as well as the rock and roll Christmas song, " Santa Claus Is Back in Town ", for Presley's first Christmas album.

She made her showbusiness debut at age 11 singing " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " on the 1963 Christmas episode of her mother's CBS television series, The Judy Garland Show.

Self-portrait with poem which reads " Best wishes for your Christmas / Is all you get from me /' Cause I ain't no Santa Claus / Don't own no Christmas tree ./ But if wishes was health and money / I'd fill your buck-skin poke / Your doctor would go hungry / An ' you never would be broke.

** Warner: They Made Me a Criminal, Santa Fe Trail, This Is the Army, Life with Father, and The Inspector General.

Is not until the development of the commercialization of Christmas, product of the subsequent American colonial rule, that " Navidad " becomes the delivery day for Santa Claus.