father christmas

Questions about father christmas

What does father christmas mean?

father christmas means "the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas".

What is another word for father christmas?

Close synonyms include Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is father christmas a common word?

father christmas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.