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An 1898 short by George Albert Smith titled for this person was the first use of the double-exposure special effect in film. Peter the Knook joins this person at the end of a "Life and Adventures" by L. Frank Baum. This person's modern iconography comes (0[1])from commercial illustrator (20[1])Haddon (20[1]0[1])Sundblom, (20[5]0[1])who drew on the best-known work by (20[1])General Theological Seminary professor (20[1])(*) Clement Clarke (10[1])Moore. An 1897 (10[2])letter about this person (10[2])addressed to The New York Sun earned (10[1])lifelong fame (10[1])for eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon. (10[2]0[1])Allegedly, (0[1])a misprint (10[1])of a department store (10[1])hotline (10[1])led NORAD to begin (10[1])"tracking" (10[3])this (10[2])person's (10[2])location. (10[6])For 10 points, name this person who gives presents to nice (10[4])children (10[1])on Christmas (10[1])Eve. (10[1])■END■

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