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Mrs claus

A woman dressed up as Mrs. Claus.

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Santa Claus and Mrs Claus together

Mrs Claus (also known as Mary Christmas, Mrs Claus, Amelia, Jessica, Anna or Phyllis) is the wife of Santa Claus.

About[]

She's known for baking cookies with the elves, tending to the reindeer, and putting together toys with her husband. She is usually portrayed as a large, friendly woman who helps Santa by tidying up and doing other odd jobs around the North Pole. Mrs Claus is, of course, Santa Claus's wife who helps him and mainly does the housework around the North Pole. Mrs Claus bakes cookies and sweets for Santa in order to keep him looking like his jolly self. She mainly works in the kitchen, but she also helps Santa with other things like helping the elves or reading the mail to her husband. Mrs Claus's name was thought to be Jessica, as told in the Story of Santa Claus and Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

Mrs Santa Claus has been a part of the oral and literary Santa Claus stories for as long as Santa himself, but she has been a quit companion in several generations. She has been portrayed as a happy, plump, good-natured stay-at-home wife who provides cookies and moral guidance to Santa Claus as he carries out his toy-delivery duties around the world. She has gone by a variety of names over the years, including Amelia, Jessica, Mary, and Anna, in addition to Mrs Santa Claus.

Mrs Santa Claus hasn't always been happy to be an unnoticed, quiet, and underappreciated member of the holiday season. Her transition and voice have often been so incremental that it takes some Christmas seasons to notice the difference. Mrs Santa Claus's identity often shifts to suit her culture, and her society frequently reinvents her every Christmas season. Every Christmas season, snippets of her past and personality surface. Despite her and Santa not having to stop that grandchildren of there own she treats all the Elves and grandchildren of the world as if they are her grandchildren.

Origin[]

Santa Claus' wife is first described in the story "A Christmas Legend" (1849) by James Rees, a Christian missionary based in Philadelphia. As tired travellers, an elderly man and woman, each bearing a bundle on their backs, are granted shelter in a home on Christmas Eve. The next morning, the house's children discover an array of presents for them. The couple is discovered to be the hosts' long-lost elder daughter and her husband in disguise, rather than "old Santa Claus and his bride." Mrs Santa Claus is listed by name in the Yale Literary Magazine in 1851, where a student author (whose name is only given as "A. B.") describes Santa Claus' attendance at a Christmas party. In 2018, there was a growing desire for Mrs Claus to pose as a different character from Santa Claus during the holiday season. Mrs Claus has been described in the media as a very heavy-set, kindly, white-haired elderly woman baking cookies somewhere in the history of the Santa Claus mythos since 1889. She also helps in toy development and supervises Santa's elves. She was also portrayed as having red hair in her youth, and she is generally shown in a red or green fur dress.

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