Representation of Santa Claus in US-American movies

With a special focus on "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Klaus"


Term Paper, 2022

15 Pages, Grade: 2,7


Abstract or Introduction

This term paper is concerned with the representation of Santa Claus in U.S. media culture. Various literary texts are examined, and the different representations of the character Santa Claus are presented.

What would a pre-Christmas season be without Santa in movies or in books? Or without seeing a Santa Claus in songs or his face in every store? The character "Santa Claus" is everywhere during winter, and it's hard to imagine Christmas culture without him. Whether in movies, literature, or songs; the story of the fictional character is told everywhere and made believable to children.

Especially in the American culture, Christmas would be nothing without the representation of Santa Claus. But there are many different versions and stories of the big old man with the white beard: Sometimes he has magical abilities, can fly, and fits through a very narrow chimney shaft. In other stories, he has a long list and knows which child was good and which was not. Occasionally, it is a normal person who is turned into Santa Claus by special behaviors and in other cases the historical side of St Nicholas is brought up.

All these different pictured types of Santa Claus have built a huge Christmas culture, both in the media and in commercialization in real life. The target of this term paper is to give an overview of the different representations of Santa in US Media and highlight how they originated.

Details

Title
Representation of Santa Claus in US-American movies
Subtitle
With a special focus on "Miracle on 34th Street" and "Klaus"
College
TU Dortmund  (Kultuwissenschaften)
Course
Approaches to XMas
Grade
2,7
Author
Year
2022
Pages
15
Catalog Number
V1397762
ISBN (eBook)
9783346946454
ISBN (Book)
9783346946461
Language
English
Keywords
Santa Claus, Christmas, Movie
Quote paper
Johanna Paul (Author), 2022, Representation of Santa Claus in US-American movies, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/1397762

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