Complex sentence: This sort of character was to feature repeatedly over the next 250 years in pictures, stage plays and folk dramas, variously known as'Sir Christmas','Lord Christmas' or (increasingly) as'Father Christmas'.
Split into simpler sentences: This sort of character was to feature repeatedly over the next 250 years in pictures, stage plays and folk dramas. Initially known as'Sir Christmas' or'Lord Christmas', he later became increasingly referred to as'Father Christmas'.