Santa Claus

### Other names

St. Nicholas, Jim, Sandy Claws, The Big Guy, Kris Kringle, Bud, Partridge (radio callsign), Mr. Santos

### Appearance

Obese, white hair and long beard, red suit with buttons, gloves and cap, black boots

### Relatives

Mrs. Claus (wife) Noelle Claus (daughter) Nick Kringle (son)

### Allies

Mrs. Claus, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Daisy Duck, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Jiminy Cricket, Dumbo, Timothy Q. Mouse, Peter Pan, Merlin, Bonkers D. Bobcat, Lucky Piquel, Jack Skellington, Sally, Dr. Finkelstein, Mayor of Halloween Town, Lock, Shock, and Barrel, Wayne, Lanny, Magee, Noel, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher, Ernest P. Worrell

### Minions

Elves (among them: Wayne, Magee, Lanny, Noel, Bernard, Jingle, Bell, Blay'n, Clewn't), Reindeer, the Seven Dwarfs

### Enemies

Oogie Boogie, Maleficent, the Beagle Boys, Cruella De Vil, Chernabog, Pete, Emperor Zurg, Mr. Whiskers (formerly), Romeo

### Likes

Children's goodness, nice children, happiness, friends, family, good guys, good behavior, love, sharing, little helpers

### Dislikes

Bad behavior, naughty children, Jack ruining Christmas, Oogie Boogie's ex-minions' rude behavior, bad guys, villains, craziness

### Quote

"Ho, ho, ho!"

**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.