USanta Claus, owaziwa nangokuthi uBaba uKhisimusi, uSanta Nicholas, uSanta Nick, uKris Kringle, noma uSanta nje, ungumuntu odumile ovela emasikweni obuKrestu aseNtshonalanga okuthiwa uletha izipho kusihlwa kakhulu kanye nasebusuku ngoKhisimusi kubantwana “abahle”, futhi kungaba ngamalahle noma lutho kubantwana “abangenandaba”. Kuthiwa ufeza lokhu ngosizo lwama-elf kaKhisimusi, enza amathoyizi endaweni yakhe yokusebenzela eNorth Pole, kanye ne-reindeer endizayo edonsa isileyi sakhe emoyeni.
Isithombe sikaSanta sanamuhla sisekelwe emasikweni ezinganekwane azungeze uSanta Nicholas, isithombe saseNgilandi sikaBaba uKhisimusi, kanye nesithombe saseDashi saseSinterklaas.
USanta uvame ukuvezwa njengendoda enamahloni, ejabule, enentshebe emhlophe, evame ukuba nezibuko, egqoke ijazi elibomvu elinekhola elimhlophe loboya kanye nama-cuffs, ibhulukwe elibomvu elinoboya obumhlophe, isigqoko esibomvu esinoboya obumhlophe, kanye nebhande lesikhumba elimnyama namabhuzu, ephethe isikhwama esigcwele izipho zezingane. Uvame ukuvezwa ehleka ngendlela ezwakala sengathi “ho ho ho”. Lesi sithombe sathandwa e-United States naseCanada ngekhulu le-19 ngenxa yethonya elibalulekile lenkondlo yango-1823 ethi “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Umdwebi wezithombe ezihlekisayo kanye nosopolitiki uThomas Nast naye wadlala indima ekudalweni kwesithombe sikaSanta. Lesi sithombe sigcinwe futhi saqiniswa ngengoma, umsakazo, ithelevishini, izincwadi zezingane, amasiko kaKhisimusi omndeni, amafilimu, kanye nokukhangisa.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba 27-2022