Bye Bye Clause

My daughter likes to spell it with an e. But I don't know if it's from the movie or if it's just because she isn't great at spelling - she's the worst. She was filling out Christmas cards. She said, "Mom, you spell Claus with an e, right?" So I spelled it correctly for her. And she said, "Really? Are you sure?" So I told her to look it up online. When the results came back, she said, "That doesn't look right!"

We have picked up many sayings from movies that are used as quotes from the movies but often times are not really exact quotes from the movie. One that I think is an accurate quote from Star Wars is "may the force be with you" but I'm not sure that "Luke, I am your father" was said in that way even though it is used fairly often. One that occurred for a long time but which may have fallen out of use is from Gone with the Wind and is "Frankly my dear I don't give a d@mn" where I used the @ just in case the word might not make it otherwise. Then there is "beam me up Scotty" which was never said exactly like that in Star Trek. I'm sure there are many more that aren't occurring to me right now.

I never noticed it at all. I have however watched most the Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen. Maybe they do it unknowingly after seeing that movie.

I have noticed and realize the odd spelling would increase the number of viewers to see why the odd spelling. Personally, I thought it was a smart move, as think it did mean more viewers for a family movie. I like family movies and wish more would be made each year.

I would have noticed if I had seen it, but I wouldn't have realized that was why.

I've noticed that too and I've seen people who typed Clause instead of Claus in other forums.

I saw themovie and loved it anf didnt even notice the misspell and have never seen it used...just not observant??

I have noticed that a lot of people spell it wrong. Come to think of it I bet I see it wrong more than I see it right. I am sure that the Santa Clause movies didn't help any.

I noticed that the other night when it was on TV. I guess that we take for face value what something is without even knowing it. I remember being a kid and there was a car wash on our street down from where we lived, it was spelled Kar Wash. So, when I got to 3rd grade and we started spelling guess which word came up? Car, I spelled it proudly as K A R, boy was I embarrassed when I found out it was with a "C". Take note, its C A R, not K A R.

I thought that in the movie it was Clause because the storyline had something to do with a legal 'clause'. This is the only time I have noticed this. I still see Claus. It is a homonym.

I haven't seen the movie and neither have I noticed the chnage of spelling as it hasn't changed on our Island. In the U.K. Santa is called Father Christmas. That is what called him as a child and the term has always been used to the present time. Kids would look puzzled if you spoke of Santa Claus