Santa Claus

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa is a mythical figure with historical origins who, in many Western cultures, brings gifts to the homes of well-behaved, "good" children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December). The modern Santa Claus is derived from the British figure of Father Christmas, the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, and Saint Nicholas, the historical Greek bishop and gift-giver of Myra. During the Christianization of Germanic Europe, this figure may also have absorbed elements of the god Odin, who was associated with the Germanic pagan midwinter event of Yule and led the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.

Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man—sometimes with spectacles—wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts for children. Images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.

The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2 (also known as The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause) is a 2002 American Christmas romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michael Lembeck. It is the second installment in The Santa Clause trilogy following The Santa Clause. It was filmed in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Calgary. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles, except for Peter Boyle, who returns portraying a different minor character. According to Box Office Mojo, the film cost around $65 million to make and had domestic (U.S. & Canada) box office receipts approaching $139 million. The film was followed by a sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, released in 2006.

Plot

Eight years have gone by since Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) first took up the Santa Claus suit, and became subject to The Santa Clause. Now Santa is at the top of his game at the North Pole and could not be happier, at least until Bernard (David Krumholtz) and Curtis (Spencer Breslin), the Keeper of the Handbook of Christmas break the news that there is another clause - the "Mrs. Clause".

Santa Claus (disambiguation)

Santa Claus is a folkloric figure in many Western cultures associated with Christmas. Santa Claus may also refer to:

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Santa (disambiguation)

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Santa (film)

Santa (1932) is the first Mexican narrative sound film. It was directed by Antonio Moreno and starred Lupita Tovar, based on the novel of the same name by Federico Gamboa. In 1994, the Mexican magazine Somos published their list of "The 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico" in its 100th edition and named Santa its 67th choice.

Plot

A gorgeous and humble Mexican girl name Santa Tovar is being cheated by her arrogant husband, soldier Marcelino. After being rejected by family and friends she finds shelter in a whore house and becomes a bitter and cynic woman.

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Santa, Montagnes

Santa is a town in western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Biankouma Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District.

Santa was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

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Joyce (programming language)

Joyce is a secure, concurrent programming language designed by Per Brinch Hansen in the 1980s. It is based on the sequential language Pascal and the principles of Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP). It was created to address the shortcomings of CSP to be applied itself as a programming language, and to provide a tool, primarily for teaching, for distributed system implementation.

The language is based around the concept of agents; concurrently executed pocesses that communicate only by the use of channels and message passing. Agents may activate sub-agents dynamically and recursively. The development of Joyce formed the foundation of the language SuperPascal, also developed by Brinch Hansen around 1993.

Features

Joyce is based on a small subset of Pascal, extended with features inspired from CSP for concurrency. The following sections describe the some of the more novel features that were introduced.

Agents

An agent is a procedure consisting of a set of statements and possibly nested definitions of other agents. An agent may dynamically activate sub-agents which execute concurrently with their creator. An agent can terminate only when all of its sub-agents have also terminated. For example, an agent process2 activates process1: