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'''Santa Claus'''
 
'''Santa Claus'''
  
The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who lives in the North Pole and, on Christmas Eve, soars through the skies in a sleigh drawn by magic reindeer, climbing down chimneys to fill stockings hung at fireplaces with Christmas gifts.  
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The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who lives in the [[North Pole]] and, on Christmas Eve, soars through the skies in a sleigh drawn by magic reindeer, climbing down chimneys to fill stockings hung at fireplaces with Christmas gifts.  
  
When the unscrupulous [[Jasper Rasper]] concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and sabotage Christmas, [[Superman]] intervenes to thwart the plot and rescue Christmas for the children of the world. (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!") (TGSB)
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When the unscrupulous [[Jasper Rasper]] concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and sabotage Christmas, [[Superman]] intervenes to thwart the plot and rescue Christmas for the children of the world (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man Who Hated Christmas!"). (TGSB)
  
== Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles ==
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==Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles==
  
*(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!")
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*(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man Who Hated Christmas!")
*(DCCP No. 67, 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")
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*(DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
*[http://superman.ws/x-mas/ "Christmas with Superman!"]–a Super Collection of Christmas Themed Superman Stories
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus Santa Claus entry at the Wikipedia]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus Santa Claus entry at the Wikipedia]
 
*[http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/ Santa Claus Through the Ages]  
 
*[http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/ Santa Claus Through the Ages]  
 
  
 
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Revision as of 01:09, 20 December 2007

"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free 1940 giveaway of the Superman chronicles. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley
Act No. 105 cover art by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Santa Claus

The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who lives in the North Pole and, on Christmas Eve, soars through the skies in a sleigh drawn by magic reindeer, climbing down chimneys to fill stockings hung at fireplaces with Christmas gifts.

When the unscrupulous Jasper Rasper concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and sabotage Christmas, Superman intervenes to thwart the plot and rescue Christmas for the children of the world (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man Who Hated Christmas!"). (TGSB)

Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles

  • (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man Who Hated Christmas!")
  • (DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")

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