Santa Claus goes by lots of names, depending on where you are in the world. In Australia and other English-speaking countries, he's usually called Father Christmas, Santa Claus, or sometimes just “Santa” for short.
While the name Santa Claus is understood and also used in Australia, the country tends to follow the English tradition, which is why many Australians say Father Christmas.
Santa Claus in Australia
The children in Australia believe in Santa Claus. However, since it is summer, it would not be unusual to see Santa dressed in a lighter, cooler version of his red and white suit. Shorts can even be seen! Santa does use reindeer to pull his sleigh when delivering gifts to children in Australia.
Then when July finally rolls around, this is when Australians celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense since it's colder. Although we know it as Christmas in July, Australians call this second celebration Yuletide or Yulefest.
Surely, you've now figured out that this December visitor is known by many as Santa Claus; sometimes, he goes by St. Nick, St. Nicholas, Kris Kringle, and Santa.
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It is commonly used to refer to Santa Claus specifically, or Christmas and the Christmas holiday season.
Santa Claus in China
The Chinese call Santa Claus sheng dan lao ren, which translates to Old Christmas Man.
In England and Australia, you'll often hear Happy Christmas, but in the US and Canada, Merry is the star of the show.
The song, popular with school-aged kids, explains that Santa's reindeer get a rest while six white boomers (boomer is Aussie slang for a male kangaroo) lead Santa's sleigh through Australia! After all the toys are delivered, they even help a little joey (a baby kangaroo) find his mommy.
BRISBANE - The exact location of his workshop may be one of the world's closest-guarded secrets, but Santa Claus has a postcode. Australia Post has invited children across the country to write to the jolly man in red at a special address: Santa Claus, North Pole 9999.
He will visit the Pacific Islands first and then onto New Zealand, leaving from the South Island. Santa will zig zag his way up and down Australia, making sure to visit every child's house before departing Australian airspace as he heads towards our northern neighbours.
Christmas & Cherries: A Symbol for Christmas in Australia - Snowgoose.
Australia. Australian children set out cookies for Santa, but instead of milk, they leave him an ice-cold glass of beer. After all, December is summer in the land Down Under. The children leave carrots for Santa's reindeer to munch on, too.
Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”.
Gaadha Gayaa! (Happy Christmas)
Our video with the Winanga-Li staff (2020) includes the meaning of the word 'Gaadha'.
1. “How ya goin'?” “How ya goin'?” is the ultimate Aussie greeting.
In China, Christmas has not always been a publicly celebrated religious holiday. However, as China becomes more global, it has started to welcome a commercialized version of Christmas, known as "Sheng Dan Jieh" or the "Holy Birth Festival," with both religious and secular Chinese Christmas traditions.
In Japan they call him 'Santa-San', which is Mr Santa. In Japan Christmas is known as a time to spread happiness rather than a religious celebration.
In Japan Santa is known as サンタさん、サンタクロース / Santa-san (Mr Santa) or サンタクロース / Santa-Kurosu (Santa Claus). (Another Japanese gift bringer is Hoteiosho, a Japanese god of good fortune from Buddhism. But he is NOT related to Christmas.)
The 'Kentucky for Christmas' slogan was part of a marketing campaign in 1974 for the chicken franchise, and now every year around 3.6 million Japanese people sit down to eat KFC fried chicken for Christmas.
❤️? Heart on Fire emoji
It can be used to represent passionate love (“burning love”) or intense liking of something.
?? — Shy, nervous (usually in the context of flirting)