Santa Claus
noun
San·ta Claus
ˈsan-tə-ˌklȯz 
also ˈsan-tē-
variants
or Santa
: a plump, white-bearded, red-suited, and jolly old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to children at Christmastime
There might be a few weeks left until Christmas, but Santa Claus and his merry elves landed early in Bakersfield because several boys and girls on the nice list caught their attention.—
Ema Sasic
Ema Sasic… we had dashed downstairs to the living room to see what Santa had brought and piled up, in great mounds of splendidly wrapped packages, under the Christmas tree—whose angel's halo brushed the ceiling.—Anthony Bailey
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The lack of a Santa Claus rally, though, could mean a lackluster performance lies ahead for stocks.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Tangent Thursday furthered a historically unusual down stretch for stocks colloquially known as the Santa Claus rally, referring to better-than-average gains in the final five trading days of a year and first two sessions of the following year.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The market’s mini post-Christmas slump doesn’t bode well for a ‘Santa Claus’ rally, the term for when U.S. stock indexes get a boost in the last five trading days of a year, plus the first two in the new year.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The weakness was atypical as equities tend to do well in the last five trading days of December and into the first two days of January, a phenomenon dubbed the Santa Claus rally.
—Johann M Cherian and Pranav Kashyap, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Tangent Thursday furthered a historically unusual down stretch for stocks colloquially known as the Santa Claus rally, referring to better-than-average gains in the final five trading days of a year and first two sessions of the following year.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The market’s mini post-Christmas slump doesn’t bode well for a ‘Santa Claus’ rally, the term for when U.S. stock indexes get a boost in the last five trading days of a year, plus the first two in the new year.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The weakness was atypical as equities tend to do well in the last five trading days of December and into the first two days of January, a phenomenon dubbed the Santa Claus rally.
—Johann M Cherian and Pranav Kashyap, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Santa Claus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Santa%20Claus. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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