Father Christmas
Example Sentences
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When Father Christmas visited Derby, he hoped to spread festive joy by meeting children at a shopping centre.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
He recalled "a terrific flash of lightning and almost instantaneous crash of thunder, which woke quite a few people up - and probably frightened Father Christmas".
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
A Father Christmas figure is pictured looking pained in the water at the foot of a rock.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
What makes her laugh, though, is remembering a complaint from a furious mum who accused her of ruining her daughter's childhood because one of her books implied that 11-year-olds no longer believe in Father Christmas.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
He had on his back a huge sooty sack stuffed full of bundles: Father Christmas, who pops down the chimneys of old Earth.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
