“What nationality is Santa Claus?”/“North Polish.”
Santa Claus is said to live in the North Pole, and there are at least two riddles about it. A language riddle is from 1938:
Q: What language does Santa Claus speak?
A: North Polish.
A nationality is from 1954:
Q: What nationality is Santa Claus?
A: North Polish.
Newspapers.com
16 December 1938, Bloomfield (MO) Indicator, “Mrs. Solomon Says,” pg. 7, cols. 3-4:
Query: What language does Santa speak?
Answer: Polish—North Polish!
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21 December 1938, Red Deer (Alberta) Advocate, “Mrs. Solomon Says,” pg. 4, col. 4:
Query: What language does Santa speak?
Answer: Polish, North Polish.
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8 December 1954, Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), “It Happened Last Night” by Earl Wilson, pg. 33, col. 5:
From the old home town: “People tell their children Santa Claus has no nationality, but research proves his parents were North Polish.”—J. D., Defiance (O.) Crescent-News.
13 February 1969, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Herb Caen column, second sec., pg. 25, col. 1:
I actually saw a grown man writing a graffito! Sam was Harry Jupiter, patiently scrawling on the Templebar’s menzroom wall: “Santa Claus is North Polish.”
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28 December 1969, San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, Herb Caen column, Sunday Punch sec., pg. 1, col. 1:
Happiness is a third martini on an empty stomach, “Santa Claus is North Polish” and “Mother Goose Is a Honky.”
Google Books
September 1971, Boys’ Life, “Think & Grin,” pg. 90, col. 1:
Comet: What nationality is Santa Claus?
Cupid: North Polish.—Steve Hatter, Western Springs, Ill.
25 September 1971, Los Angeles (CA)
SOMEBODY wanted to know Santa Claus’ nationality. That’s easy—he’s North Polish.
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26 December 1971, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, “Gilbert Love’s Notebook,” pg. C-1, col. 2:
Speaking of foreigners, do you know Santa Claus’ ethnic background?
It’s North Polish, naturally.
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‘TIS THE SEASON
Nancy Carson
12/9/95
(...)
What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish!
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12/25/99
In article <1999122402…@asarian-host.org>, rosee
wrote:
> What nationality is Santa Claus?
> North Polish.
North Polish my ass ... more like North Newfoundish.
Google Books
Jokes, Riddles and Wisdom:
The Best Collection Ever
By Roger Kuder
Lincoln, NE: toExcel Press (iUniverse.com, Inc.)
2000
Pg. 56:
Q: What language does Santa speak?
A: North Polish!
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Stan Kegel
12/23/00
(...)
Santa’s primary language in North Polish. (Richard Lederer)
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Stan Kegel
12/21/01
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What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish. (Hirsch and McNair)
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Stan Kegel
12/14/04
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What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish (Maurizio Mariotti)
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Stan Kegel
12/21/04
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What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish (Daily Groaner)
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What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish
COMMENTS
jillwoa
Hes Canadian! Look at his postal code!
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