Father Christmas
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Father Christmas
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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"It's amazing. Father Christmas was very kind to me," said Wilson, who auctioned off his beloved old cue for a children's cancer charity, raising £5,250.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
A Father Christmas figure is pictured looking pained in the water at the foot of a rock.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
The love of Christmas was also partly why Lucy Holliday, 36, chose a winter wedding - Father Christmas even turned up to the reception.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025
I had to look as though I was enjoying watching Father Christmas giving gifts to the children of some of the players and the wife of one of the staff slurping back oysters.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
He had pure-white hair and a thick, bushy beard: a trussed-up Father Christmas.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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