Who Is Santa Claus? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Santa Claus is a In the Public Domain comic book character, the alter ego of Kris Kringle, with over 2,166 comic issue appearances. Santa Claus is an amalgamation of several mythological characters; notably the Dutch Sinterklaas, Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas.

Who is Santa Claus?

Origin Santa Claus is most likely the most well-known holiday figure in America, if not the world. He has nine flying reindeer : Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and the most famous : Rudolph . Traditionally Santa uses the magical deer to pull his sleigh giving presents to all good children in the world and coal to the bad. In modern times he is depicted as rotund, jolly, dressed in red with white fur trimmed clothing. Major Story Arcs The Road to Oz Santa Claus visited the Emerald City of the Land of Oz where he was an honored guest at Princess Ozma 's birthday party. He was accompanied by a band of Ryls and a dozen Knooks , and during his stay Ozma loaned him the Sawhorse so he could travel around the city and see the sights. Fables Stationed at the North Pole , Santa Claus is a Fable who can magically be at every house in the world at the same time on Christmas night. Following an attempt by Jack Horner to steal the naughty and nice list in 1956, Santa has left the list with Bigby to put in a safe place every year since.

Key facts

Santa Claus is of human origin and first appeared in "Grandpa Baldknob's Christmas". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 2,166 recorded issue appearances, Santa Claus ranks among the most featured characters in comics.