Editing Father Christmas (section)

==21st century==
{{For|modern usages in which Father Christmas is treated as synonymous with Santa Claus|Santa Claus}}
Modern dictionaries consider the terms Father Christmas and Santa Claus to be synonymous.<ref name="CollinsDict">
{{cite web | url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/father-christmas | work=Collins English Dictionary | title=Father Christmas | publisher=Collins | access-date=8 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224152907/http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/father-christmas | archive-date=24 February 2016 | url-status=live}}
</ref><ref name="ChambersDict">
{{cite web | url=http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=Father+Christmas&title=21st | title=Father Christmas | publisher=Chambers | work=Chambers 21st Century Dictionary | access-date=12 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112101608/http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=Father+Christmas&title=21st | archive-date=12 January 2018 | url-status=live}}
</ref> The respective characters are now to all intents and purposes indistinguishable, although some people are still said to prefer the term 'Father Christmas' over 'Santa Claus', nearly 150 years after Santa Claus's arrival in England.<ref name="EnglishYear385"/> According to ''[[Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable]]'' (19th edn, 2012), Father Christmas is considered to be "[a] British rather than a US name for Santa Claus, associating him specifically with Christmas. The name carries a somewhat socially superior cachet and is thus preferred by certain advertisers."<ref name="Brewers">{{cite book | title=Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (19th edn) | publisher=Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd | author=Dent, Susie (forward) | author-link=Father Christmas | isbn=978-0550107640 | year=2012 | location=London | pages=483 }}</ref>
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