Santa Claus

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**Santa Claus** is a traditional, secular figure of Christmas good cheer, who is the best known (at least in modern times) mascot of Christmas, developed in the United States as an amalgam of the story of St. Nicholas and various other seasonal folk heroes, with many aspects provided by the classic poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas".

## Background

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.

## Gallery

XR33.jpgSanta with XR in *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command*.Christmas Lies.jpgSanta's cameo in the *Phineas and Ferb* episode "Let's Bounce".Father Christmas.jpgFather Christmas from *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*.Santa Claus.PNGSanta Claus during holiday season at the Disney Parks.KH2FM - Sora meets Santa.PNG*The Nightmare Before Christmas* incarnation of Santa meeting Sora in *Kingdom Hearts II*.Santa - Craig Robinson.jpgSanta Claus getting his picture taken by Walter in the Muppets' music video *All I Need is Love*.National Christmas Tree 2011.jpgSanta Claus with Kermit the Frog at the National Christmas Tree Lighting in 2011.Rockettes2005 01.jpgSanta Claus with Kermit and the Rockettes for Kermit's 50th Anniversary Tour.MacysSanta.jpgA poser puppet of Santa Claus helming his sleigh in the Macy's window display with Kermit and Miss Piggy.Santa.roses.jpgA Whatnot version of Santa Claus during the line "everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus..." in episode 305 of *The Muppet Show*.A Very McStuffins Christmas.jpgSanta in the Doc McStuffins holiday special *A Very McStuffins Christmas*.Mickey-saves-santa-disneyscreencaps.com-2384.jpgSanta with Mrs. Claus in *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse*.C0E1B570-4BFC-4B12-8589-317B02A2663B.jpeg
## External links

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* Christmas Specials Wiki: Santa Claus
* Santa Claus at Non-Alien Creatures Wiki
* Santa Claus on Heroes Wiki.

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