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Is it Santa Clause or Santa Claus?

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"Santa Claus"
The movies "Santa Clause" were a play on the word "clause", which is to do with the details of a contract (as seen in the movies).

Either way, Santa Claus is a corruption of Santa Nicolaus, i.e. Saint Nicholas.

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