# Old Father Christmas — Poetry character guide

> Old Father Christmas in Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Father Christmas

**First appearance:** 0000-poetry

## Who they are

The holiday spirit made flesh, wandering through Bierce's satiric pageant where temperance crusaders swap souls and vinegar flows like wine.

## In the story

### [A Social Call](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_se/chapters/a-social-call)

Addressed directly as a scamp and drunkard, with a thick neck and thin pretense of virtue.

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