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In his report, Benson noted that the suspect, Santa Claus, went by several aliases: Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas and Saint Nick.—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023 Celebrants eagerly wait for the arrival of Santa Claus — also known as Saint Nicholas, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, simply Santa, or, in my fevered brain, The Abdominal Snowman.—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022 Our job is to help Santa by collecting a series of letters from the alphabet from various international versions of Santa Claus (Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas, et al.).—John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2021 But that hasn’t stopped him from making appearances as Kriss Kringle at OWA, an amusement park in Foley.—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2020
Word History
Etymology
modification of German Christkindl Christ child, Christmas gift, diminutive of Christkind Christ child
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