Santa Claus

### Allies

Jack Skelleton, Tom Turkey, Emily Valentine, Saint Patrick, Uncle Sam, Easter Bunny

### Enemies

Oogie Boogie, Lock, Shock, and Barrel (formerly)

### Dislikes

Jack ruining Christmas, Oogie Boogie's ex-minions' rude behaviors, craziness

**Santa Claus** (or **Sandy Claws,** as Jack Skellington calls him) is one of the central characters of Tim Burton's 1993 stop-motion Disney film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*. He is a joyful man that delivers gifts to children in the Real World, and is later kidnapped by Boogie's Boys on Jack's commands, preventing him from doing his job. Santa Claus is the Holiday Leader of Christmas Town.

## Official Description

*The Santa Claus myth is based largely on the Dutch holiday of "Sinterklaas" (a hastily pronounced "St. Nicholas", who comes down the chimney on the fifth/sixth of December) and the imagery of the Saint in question carried over to his North Pole incarnation. (Note that in several countries in Europe, Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are considered two entirely different characters, each with their own elaborate holiday).*

*It is unknown where Santa came from, but he is traditionally depicted as a festively overweight old man with a beard, who wears a red suit with white trim and a matching cap, black boots, and a black belt. Sometimes, he is seen with buttons on his shirt. He lives at the North Pole in a large workshop staffed by elves which produce toys year round, and every Christmas Eve he sets out in a flying sleigh pulled by eight reindeer (occasionally nine depending on how foggy the sky is, as he occasionally brings Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer along) and delivers toys and other gifts to the children of the world out of the improbably large sack he carries with him, entering their houses by the chimney, filling their stockings, partaking of whatever food and drink the family left out for him, then leaving how he came in.*

*As the most prominent figure associated with Christmas, Santa appears in many Christmas specials and movies, including several produced by Disney. His portrayal in them varies in many ways.*

*During the Christmas season, characters will ocasionally dress as Santa at The Annex in Hong Kong Disneyland.*

*Santa is referenced in the Guardians of the Galaxy episode "Jingle Bell Rock" by Drax the Destroyer as "a fat bearded man in a hoversled powered by underfed moombas".*

*In Dave the Barbarian they don't celebrate Christmas, they celebrate something called the Harvest Festival which has a Santa Claus-like figure known as the Harvest Hog.*

## Personality

Santa seems to usually have a smile on his face, as he is jolly, fun, caring, and, well, good with children. As evidenced by his Good/Bad children list, he is fair and thoughtful, too. However, when he deals with Halloween Town, he becomes much more serious - and when captured, he yells and struggles.

Upon his rescue, Santa gruffly informed Jack that Christmas could still be saved; this shows that while he was thankful for being saved from Oogie, Santa was still angry with Jack for attempting to takeover his holiday. Santa kindly refers to Sally as "the only person who makes any sense in this insane asylum".

## Family

* Mrs. Claus (wife)
	+ Noelle (daughter)
	+ Nick (son)