ID: 901002006 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002006	Record Type: Character/Person

	Father Christmas (fictional character, western secular)

Note: English personification of Christmas; today connected to Santa Claus, but actually of older English folkloric tradition, documented by 1500.

Display Date: by 1500

Names:

	Father Christmas (fictional character, western secular) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Miscellaneous Topics (P)
		....<Miscellaneous Characters> (P)
		........Father Christmas (fictional character, western secular) (I)

Related Iconography:

	meaning/usage overlaps with .... Santa Claus
	..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Characters, Santa Claus (legendary character, western secular, ca.1820)) [901000656]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	is personification of .... Christmas
	.....(Christian holidays, religious holidays, holidays, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	nationality is .... English (culture or style)
	.....(British (modern), European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... England
	.....(United Kingdom, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Father Christmas (fictional character, western secular)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) as 400 for Santa Claus

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)