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Santa Claus

Arcs in the news about Santa Claus from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Subject · 31 stories · 190 articles · earliest story we hold Nov 21, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2026

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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No named arcs in 2026 yet.

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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Sep 12 – Sep 20, 2026No arcs in this window
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  • A card is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
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No arcs in Sep 12 – Sep 20, 2026.

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

2023220 articles2024163 articles202583 articles202633 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Nov 20, 202313211
Nov 27, 202324211
Dec 4, 202303024
Dec 18, 202319540
Dec 25, 202315236124
Jan 1, 202412232
Jul 15, 202402310
Nov 25, 202428438
Dec 16, 202405217
Dec 23, 2024112361
Nov 3, 20252119
Nov 17, 20251125
Nov 24, 202514214
Dec 15, 20250208
Dec 22, 2025411647
Jul 6, 20260011
Jul 27, 20260112
Aug 10, 20260101
Aug 24, 20260101
Sep 14, 202614021
Sep 21, 20260203

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else1 story in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Santa Claus

  1. Sep 16– 17USPS Operation Santa now accepting Christmas letters, seeking 'adopters'19 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
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