"Santa Claus" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a jolly mythical figure associated with the winter season and also to refer to a person who is in a position of giving. For example, you could write: "After saving enough money this year, I felt like Santa Claus when I was able to buy gifts for my family."
The hero of the episode was Santa Claus (played excellently by the always enjoyable Nick Frost), a character in the victims' subconscious that pulls them out of the dreamworld.
"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six," she recalled.
Doctor Who, in which Peter Capaldi's Time Lord met Santa Claus, played by Nick Frost, was down 2 million viewers on last year, when the festive special was watched by 8.3 million, boosted by Matt Smith's farewell in the lead role.
Where to stay: In Santiago, the San Cristobal (Avenida Santa Maria 1742) costs from £100 for a double room; the Chilhotel (Cirujano Guzmán 103), doubles from £35.
Rio Tera San Leonardo, 1518 Cannaregio, +39 (0)41 716 170, closed Wednesday Santa Margherita is the nearest Venice gets to a funky nightlife scene, with a dozen bars serving lethal "spritz al bitter" - Campari cocktails for €2 till the early hours.
What do you get if you cross Santa with a gardener?
"If Santa isn't real, then neither is the Easter Bunny," I gasped, while my parents tried to stop my heroic whistleblowing.
Now, of course, you can simply Google "is Santa real?" (778m results) and I have no doubt that many children have become hardened to the truth at a younger age than I did.
After his visit to Santa Maria Maggiore, Francis, dressed in a simple white cassock and zucchetto, decided while on the way back that he wanted to attend to an altogether more mundane matter: the collection of his luggage from the residence he had been staying at before conclave and the payment of his bill.
But down is down, and eventually we arrive at the church of Santa Maria Assunta, after joining a wedding party heading that way.
He added: "For the Holy See, the diocese of Santa Cruz in Nova Friburgo does not exist.
