Santa!!!

I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about this Christmas. But then I remembered I had written the following for Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, a book that I started but then ran out of steam. The book is likely never to be published, but I put a lot of work into this essay which is complete so why not publish it here?




THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE TAKES A HOLIDAY: THE SANTA CLAUS MYTHOS

Originally Presented in Ho Ho Ho! The Santa Blog and Easter Comes Late...The Bunny in the TVCU and inspired by Gordon Long’s Of Flying Reindeer, Talking Snowmen, and the World's Greatest Toymaker: The Rankin-Bass Universe Timeline




"HO HO HO!

Now, my friends, I will show you

the way the real Santa Claus should look.

Please! As if there was such a person as Santa Claus,

which is of course absolutely ridiculous in a people's democracy!"

Chairman Georgi Koz

'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'




When children believe that Santa Claus is real, he IS real in that child’s world. If that belief wavers, Kris Kringle fades from that person’s reality… but that doesn’t alter how real he was beforehand, nor does it affect Saint Nick’s valid existence for other children still experiencing the magic of Christmas. -- Ivan Ronald Schablotski




Santa is pretty complicated in the TVCU. Santa was a real person, but his legend got so big, that the power of belief turned him into something else. His very existence is powered by belief, as is his home, and those associated with him there. And the power extends beyond the one man. Others can be called to become Santa, and have over time, and then there are those who wear the suit, and just by pretending to be Santa in front of kids who believe, find themselves feeling a spark of the Christmas spirit.




So let's look at Santa in the Television Crossover Universe...




The Christmas Spirit Always Existed, Even Before the Birth of Christ!




In the TVCU, there is a “Christmas Spirit”, though he wasn’t always called that. He’s been known by many names. And he seems to have always existed. This spirit is a manifestation of good and generosity in the world, and given life particularly by the belief of children. The spirit can take many forms, and often attaches itself to beings who live by the very values that the spirit represents, though sometimes the person may be reluctant to take on the role, as they may have buried those values. The earliest known manifestation of the Christmas spirit was in Bedrock, an oddly prehistoric city that mirrored modern technology and pop culture, circa 10,000 B.C.. This version of Santa appeared very much like our modern depictions of Santa in Western culture.

Ten Thousand years later, just around the same time that Jesus of Nazareth was born, the Germanic peoples, including the English, were celebrating Yule. Many Yuletide traditions would later be incorporated into and conflated with Christmas. Odin, the all-father of Norse mythology, was also known as Jolnir, which means Yule Figure. During the Yuletide, Odin led the wild Hunt across the sky. It’s no coincidence then that Santa, or Father Christmas, shares a resemblance to Odin. It may be that Odin, filled with generosity, was in fact inhabited for a time by the Christmas Spirit, and the Spirit later held onto that form. It should be noted though that in recent years, Thor and his allies in the Avengers met Jolnir, who was a separate being from Odin. Santa’s workshop was located in Alfheim, one of the nine realms of Norse Mythology, where he was served by elves that more closely resembled elves of the Lord of the Rings variety. Thor himself had believed Jolnir a myth (ironically). It may be that Odin and Jolnir were once one and the same, with Jolnir being the Spirit that had attached itself to Odin, and had now separated from Odin.




Once Upon a Time…




During the years of early Christianity, which also happens to be the era of medieval fairy tales, Santa’s presence and power grew. During the first century A.D., Santa contracted out his toy making to the Toymaker of Toyland, which was itself a fairy tale realm, the home of many famous nursery rhyme characters. Many years later, a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry would find themselves travelling through the Nutcracker realms to make their way to Toyland, where now the Toymaker was himself possessed by the Christmas Spirit, and Toyland had become the location of “The North Pole”. Perhaps Toyland had always been in Alfheim.




In the third century, the Dutch were visited by Sinterklaas, the local embodiment of the Christmas Spirit. Also around this time, the Dutch had Belsnickel, who gave gifts to the good boys and girls, and punished the impish. Belsnickel is an example of the darker side of the Christmas Spirit. It may be that once, the Christmas Spirit was one, but as the beliefs and traditions spread and varied, and the Spirit found itself transforming and inhabiting many, sometimes the Spirit became distorted and twisted into something darker, when faced with a society that failed to practice goodwill. This would explain the existence of the Krampus, a being that predates Christianity but is attached to the Christmas culture in Eastern European culture. This can also explain “evil Santas”, which will be covered later on in this essay. As for Belsnickel, very few remain that still follow the beliefs and traditions of this little known being. Belsnickel was only recently returned to pop culture awareness through Dwight Schrute, an employee of Dunder-Mifflin in Scranton, PA, as seen on the PBS documentary, The Office: An American Workplace.




Saint Nicholas of Myra may be one of the most famous of those embodied by the Christmas Spirit. Saint Nicholas was a fourth century Greek Christian bishop in the region that is now Turkey, who was renowned for his generosity and gift giving. Saint Nicholas lived a mortal life. His remains are now in Italy. However, the fact that Santa Claus (which is actually a distortion of Saint Nicholas), continues to use the name, implies that as the Christ Spirit inhabits various figures, the person’s soul, memories, and persona may merge with the Spirit, and so others that later become Santa have the memories of those who had previously been Santa.




The Feast Day of Saint Nicholas was a holiday celebrated on December 6. To compete, Martin Luthor started suggesting giving gifts to children on Christmas Day, December 25, in order to make sure that Christmas remained the popularly celebrated holiday, keeping the focus on Christ and not on “false idols”. However, people kept celebrating the Feast Day. But by the 16th century, England under the rule of Henry VIII did not any longer celebrate the Feast Day, having at that time conflated the holiday fully with Christmas. At that point, Saint Nicholas was now gifting children on Christmas, under the new name of Father Christmas. His appearance now was slightly altered. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, two centuries later, we would see that Father Christmas also serves the role of the Ghost of Christmas Present, and is said to have a new brother born every year since the birth of Christ (meaning that in 2019 on Christmas Day, the Christmas Spirit will have splintered into 2,019 separate entities.)




Also in the sixteenth century, according to Anyaka the Vengeance Demon, Santa started showing up, with reindeer, coming down the chimney and all. But this Santa would rather disembowel kids rather than give them presents. Clearly, this was but one of the “evil Santas” that manifested as a reaction to the widespread “naughtiness”.




In 1686, “The Examination and Tryal of Old Father Christmas; Together with His Clearing By the Jury” relates to how the Puritans had attempted to force England to ban Christmas (as it had become too focused on Santa rather than Christ), and make New Year’s the major winter holiday. (Yes, the Puritans are why we now get stinking drunk on New Year’s Eve. Ironic.) The British Monarch exonerated Father Christmas and restored the holiday.




The Rankin-Bass Universe




At this time I should mention that I’m leaving out an important part of the holiday mythos, which was established by the Rankin-Bass holiday specials. My colleague Gordon Long has written a very awesome timeline that ties together the specials into a single continuity. It’s one of my favorite posts on our Television Crossover Universe website and a must read during the holidays. You can find it at http://www.televisioncrossoveruniverse.com/2011/12/of-flying-reindeer-talking-snowmen-and.html.




The Modern Santa




In the 18th century, Sinterklaas came to America and became known as Santa Claus by the locals. Over the next couple of centuries, Santa altered his appearance as his pop culture appearances were changed, especially thanks to the cartoons of Thomas Nast, the story, A Visit from St. Nicholas, and the commercials from Coca-Cola. In fact, much of the modern mythology that we attribute to Santa today could be considered a crossover with one of these three sources. And after all, we are supposed to be talking crossovers, aren’t we? There were of course many other stories and poems throughout the 19th century that further created the Santa we know today, just as modern movies and cartoons continue evolving the character. The rise of commercialism transformed Santa from a figure of old world tradition to a pop culture phenomenon.




So where does Santa Live?




Several countries have attempted to claim Santa as their citizens. Is he in Canada or Alaska, Denmark of Finland? Depends on who you ask. I once visited a Santa’s Village in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Of course, there have been depictions showing Santa’s workshop, called the North Pole or Christmastown, among others, as hidden by both science and magic at the actual physical North Pole, while they are also depicted at times as being in other dimensional realms or on other planets. Well, who is right? If we can have multiple Santas, then surely they would each operate out of their own places, so probably they are all right.




The Missus Claus




According to Gordon Long, it was 1885 when the events of Santa Claus is Coming to Town took place, where Santa met his wife. In the real world, the first Mrs. Claus was presented to the world in 1889 in Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride, a poem by Katharine Lee Bates. Santa’s wife has appeared elderly or younger, with various names such as Martha (Why did you say that name?), Mary (as in Mary Christmas… Get it? Good grief.), Jessica (from the Rankin-Bass specials), and various others. Of course if we do have multiple Santas, they would have their own wives. In the second Santa Claus film, it appears that Santas are required to be married, and if they are not married when called, they have one year to find a wife. The 1956 popular song by George Melachrino, "Mrs. Santa Claus", and the 1963 children's book How Mrs. Santa Claus Saved Christmas, by Phyllis McGinley, helped standardize and establish the character and role of Mrs. Claus in the popular imagination.




Shopping Mall Santas




The earliest known Santa seen in a department store was James Edgar in Brockton, Massachusetts. In films, the origin of this practice came in the 1966 film, The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t. In this film, that has no date nor city named, has Santa being evicted. (See next entry). Santa is aided by a nice man who comes up with the idea of Santa “playing Santa” at a toy store to make the cash. In this film, this was the first time a store used the idea, so it must be 1890 Brockton in the TVCU. However, there is an implication in the film that this story may be Gimbels Department Store in New York. Gimbels was founded in 1887. Gimbels is of course the rival of Macy’s in real life and in Miracle on 34th Street, and also where Buddy the Elf briefly worked in Elf. In most fiction, mall Santas are not depicted to be the real Santa, but kids often think they work for the real Santa, which often becomes a plot point. Of course in the wonderful classic Miracle on 34th Street, the real Santa does take on a job reluctantly as a mall Santa. While he says he doesn’t usually like to do so, he admires those who play Santa and take the job seriously, and likewise has a strong disdain for those who do not take the job seriously and discredit the suit and name. Santa, the real Santa, does take on playing a mall Santa again in the film All I Want for Christmas, where Leslie Nielsen is Santa. (Surely you can’t be serious.)




How Can Santa Be Evicted?




In The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, Santa’s workshop is a rental, owned by the stingiest man in the world. Later films, such as the Santa Clause trilogy, show that the holidays are organized, and Fred Claus shows that the holiday figures are not in charge but work for some other “higher authority”, which may be a bureaucracy of sorts but also seems to be serving under God and/or Heaven’s angels, though these bureaucratic angels aren’t necessarily always nice, often threatening to get rid of Christmas if things aren’t done right.




If People Only Knew…




Christmas almost doesn’t happen every year. Despite all the work put into it, it almost always nearly gets cancelled. Whether it’s an evil landlord or a resentful bureaucrat, or Santa gets sick or starts to lose faith in children, or Santa gets arrested (which happens a lot). Usually, it’s thanks to Mrs. Claus, the Elves and reindeer, and some meddling good little boys and girls that Christmas gets saved.




Oz and Narnia

Frank L. Baum wrote his own origin of Santa Claus in 1902, which had a human child raised by a fairy in the forest of Burzee, which is not too far from Oz. Narnia too has a very distinct version of Father Christmas. It may be that these are just further incarnations of the Christmas Spirit that found their own realms to settle in.




So, Crossovers?

We’ve already mentioned a few, but let’s get to some more, as we move into the 20th century. Santa has appeared in a lot of TV shows and movies, many of which take place in the TVCU. I’ve decided I’m not going to cover them all. But I will talk about some of the cooler and more significant ones.

The Year without a Santa Claus has a cameo from Tramp (Charlie Chaplin’s famous character). Gordon Long estimates this takes place circa 1910. This is the first of the Miser Brothers specials.


Bewitched has a trilogy of stories involving Santa. In 1965’s “A Vision of Sugar Plums”, Samantha takes an orphan to the North Pole to visit the real Santa Claus. In 1967’s "Humbug Not To Be Spoken Here", Samantha takes a "Scrooge" like client of Darrin's to the North Pole to meet Santa. Finally in 1969’s "SANTA COMES TO VISIT AND STAYS AND STAYS", Esmeralda accidentally summons Santa from the North Pole, and can't undo the spell, that literally keeps Santa trapped in the house. With Christmas impending, Samantha brings the elves to her home to build the toys there.


Prep and Landing. In PREP AND LANDING, Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit. In Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, a little girl who tried to get herself on the "nice" list by hacking Santa's database had a flashback to visiting Santa at the mall. Behind her in line were Ralphie and the kid in the leather helmet from A Christmas Story. Despite the modern technology seen, the story would have to take place in the late 1940s. Then in PREP AND LANDING STOCKING STUFFER: OPERATION: SECRET SANTA, the film begins with Mrs. Claus asking the elves, Prep & Landing, to help her steal something from Santa's workshop. It's odd that neither of them question this and spend much of the cartoon trying to sneak past a sleeping Santa. But there wasn't much in the humor department nor was there much in the way of the story. Not bad, but easy to skip.


1956 marks the first appearance of Santa in a TVCU included TV series, I Love Lucy, the show that is at the center of the TVCU. This is the real Santa, not just someone dressed as Santa.


2006--THE SIMPSONS WINTER WINGDING # 1--Jingle Belle gives Santa a Christmas present. She presents him with the Robot Santa from Futurama!!! This seems anachronistic. It’s supposed to take place in the present day. It is part of Simpsons continuity, and we apply the Bedrock Anomaly concept (from Worlds and Mythology I). According to the fairly strict Futurama canon, the Robot Santa was created in 2801 to punish naughty, and was created by the Friendly Robot Company. Note that Mom’s Friendly Robot Company isn’t founded until 2925. It’s likely that Mom merely took over the previously existing Friendly Robot Company in 2925 and changed its name. Note that when Mom caused the robots to revolt in the early 31st century, Calculon was also controlled, even though he was created in 2019, according to Futurama canon. The robots were being controlled by the antennas built onto the robots (thought previously to be just to make them look science fictiony.) Perhaps the Friendly Robot Factory has really been around since 2006 or earlier. In the TVCU, robots have certainly been around for a long time, though they are fairly rare in the 19th - early 21st centuries. Perhaps the Robot Santa seen in this story was an earlier model, but the one seen in Futurama which punishes the naughty (and everyone is naughty) was specifically built in 2801.


2008--JINGLE BELLE: SANTA CLAUS VS. FRANKENSTEIN--Inspired by Mary Shelley’s original novel (sort of), the story of Frankenstein’s monster takes a new twist when he is found by Jingle in the Arctic wastes and “rehabilitated” to fit in with the elves at Santa’s Workshop. All goes well until an ultra-PC city declares Santa Claus taboo and awakens Frankie’s monstrous side in a misguided attempt to help his friend. It’s up to an ailing Santa and a reluctant Jingle Belle to stop their monstrous “apprentice” before he destroys the town and ruins the reputation of Christmas forever! Though this seems to imply that the Monster had been there since the end of the events of the original novel, we know that not to be true for the TVCU. But Jingle Belle is a contemporary series. So at some point, one of the Monsters (not necessarily the original) must have gotten himself frozen at the North Pole.


2015--COMIC BOOK RESOURCES--Jingle Belle meets the Gotham City Sirens (the modern day women taking up the roles of Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Catwoman.) The Gotham City Sirens is a spin-off of Batman: The Animated Series, and the DC Animated Universe is not fully incorporated into the TVCU, but since Jingle Belle is established as part of the TVCU, I am allowing the incorporation of this one story.


December 2008--A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS TO SANTA--Three letters to Santa accidentally end up in Gonzo's hands, so he gets his friends to help him get them to the North Pole. Of course they meet Santa. Santa Claus has many appearances in the TVCU. Also appearing are Bobby Baccalieri and Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos.


December 2015--A VERY TROMA CHRISTMAS - VOL. 2--Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Buddha, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, the Toxic Avenger, YouTube, Grumpy Cat, the Angry Video Game Nerd, Star Wars Kid (Ghyslain Raza), Afro Ninja, Charlie Schmidt's Keyboard Cat!, Nice Peter and Epic Loyd form Epic Rap Battles of History, an army of gay angels, eight tiny reindeer, Fedex, Tiny Tim, Little Match Girl, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and God team up against the major U.S. stores and Death.




A Little About Rudolph

A lot of the Santa reindeer mythos were established in A Visit from Saint Nick, but Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has certainly become the most famous reindeer. Rudolph was first established in 1939 songs written by a Montgomery Ward copywriter and performed by Gene Autry. It’s a song that everyone knows. While this was turned into books, an animated theatrical short during the golden age of animation, and even a DC Comics series, it is the Rankin-Bass version that we all know. Rudolph’s story unfolds in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, and Rudolph and Frosty’s Fourth of July (crossover!). Since then there have been new specials and movies, and Rudolph has appeared in other fiction, considered to be a regular part of the Santa mythos. Many kids today even in the real world believe in Rudolph just as much as they do in all the other regular aspects of Santa’s legend.




Santa as a Shape-Shifting Tulpa?




In the 1978 movie, Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story, Santa is encountered in Europe where is depicted in his Norwegian legendary form, until a moment later when he walks into a room of American children and now appears in the modern American form. He explains that he appears to children in the form they expect to see him. Years later, in the Librarians television series, Santa appears, depicted by Bruce Campbell, who also shape-shifts to appear as various versions of Santa from different geographic areas.




Same Actor Crossovers

Sometimes we link together otherwise unconnected projects via the same actor playing the same character. Here are some examples.

In December 1985’s AMAZING STORIES, Santa is played by Douglas Seale. He will play Santa again in Ernest Saves Christmas. Note this is another story where Santa is dying and seeking out his replacement. In the TVCU, Santa is a temporary job bestowed on chosen ones who are possessed by the Christmas Spirit.


In December 1996’s MRS. SANTA CLAUS, Santa here is played by Charles Durning, which means that it is the same version of Santa appearing in both this tale, and also ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS during the same Christmas. In December 1996’s ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS, Santa is played by Charles Durning, who will go on to play him three more times. I consider same actor/same character to be a valid crossover, and since this time he meets Elmo, who is in the TVCU, the other appearances of Santa played by Durning are in. In December 2002’s MR. ST. NICK’s Santa is played by Charles Durning. This film's inclusion would seem to contradict the inclusion of the THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, as both can't be happening at the same time. However, being that the North Pole is an other dimensional realm of Tulpas, we must concede that at varying times, there are multiple "north poles" phasing in and out of reality, and each of these have Santas, and at some times, there may be more than one version of Santa in coexistence at the same time in the TVCU. They all have the right to claim they are the real Santa, and in fact, they all are. They are all an aspect of a singular being, who is very powerful, yet whose existence is constantly transformed by the beliefs of children. I'm not sure if these multiple Santa's all know of each other. It seems that some Santas are older than others, and some are more aware of who and what they are than others. In December 2004’s A BOYFRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS, Santa is played by Charles Durning.


In December 2000 FRASIER episode "Mary Christmas", Larry is the man dressed as Santa in this episode (played by Donovan Scott.) After his bad experience in Seattle, in December 2007’s BONES episode "The Santa in the Slush", Larry must have moved to Washington, D.C. where he still played Santa. (Played again by Donovan Scott.) After the bad experience in D.C., in early December 2009 THE MIDDLE episode "Christmas", Larry (Donovan) moves to Orson, Indiana, thinking it a better place to play Santa. Then in mid December 2009, in IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA episode "Charlie vs. Santa Claus", Santa Larry was almost driven insane by one child, and must have fled town immediately, thinking Philly would be better. (After all, it's always sunny.) How wrong he was. By 2010, in THE THREE GIFTS, "Santa Larry" seems to have transcended from store Santa to the real deal, and uses his powers initially in a ruse to bring the Christmas spirit to three troubled teens. Finally in December 2010 in a KAYS commercial, Santa Larry helps a guy pick out a gift and in THE GAME, Santa Larry begins delivering gifts, and has a bad encounter.




Santa is a Temp?

Several modern stories depict that Santa has a time limit, where eventually he dies, so he has to find a suitable replacement. Ernest Saves Christmas is one such example. Other times, Santa dies prematurely and the suit itself picks the replacement, such as in the Santa Clause.




Evil Santa




I’ve already touched upon Krampus and others of that sort. But there’s also the phenomenon of evil Santas. These would be who Anyaka referred to in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Santa seen in Santa Slays, for instance. The Teen Titans regularly face off against a slightly evil Santa in Teen Titans Go, as did Lobo in the Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special. Ax Cop also faced an evil Santa, and in the 31st Century of Futurama, evil Santa has been replaced by a robot. I suppose if Santas are born each year, occasionally a bad one is bound to turn up. Some of these evil Santas may in fact be some sort of Krampus gone to the extreme. “Crazy” Ivan Ronald Schablotski, former co-host of the Television Crossover Universe Podcast and the current co-host of Super Entertainment Presents Random Fandom: A TVCU Podcast [in hiatus as of this writing] has himself faced both Krampus and an evil Santa at different points in his career.




Santa’s Helpers

One common modern plot device is that somebody will meet Santa and need to help Santa or substitute just for one night. Some of these subs have included Hanukkah Harry, Johnny Bravo, and even Powerkid, a fictional character created by this author that you can learn more about in the bonus at the end of Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume I.




Santa’s Offspring and Family

There are many stories featuring Santa having children. Since we have multiple Santas, we don’t have to assume they are all the children of the same Santa. Often these children have powers, and sometimes take over as the next Santa. Arthur Christmas shows a generational Santa legacy. Santa Baby has Jenny McCarthy as Santa’s daughter. The Hebrew Hammer shows an evil son of Santa. While Fred Claus does not have Santa with offspring, it does show that Santa’s brother and parents also have the gift of immortality that came with Santa gaining his powers. There are other stories that show Santa having brothers, often brothers that are evil, or at least grumpy.




Santa and Jesus

As has been pointed out, Santa predates Jesus and Christmas. Santa and Jesus are sometimes frenemies, such as depicted in South Park. But there is a complication. In The Cinema Snob & The Nostalgia Critic: The Passion of the Christ, Jesus is Santa! Sure, I could just ignore this YouTube thing, but the TVCU has already decided that both the Cinema Snob and the Nostalgia Critic are in the TVCU, and their crossovers count. And then this is a crossover between the two series. And then on top of that, it’s a crossover with Super Mario Bros.! So is Santa and Jesus one and the same? No. However, I would say that since Santa is the embodiment of the Christmas Spirit, he may in some forms think he is.




South Park and Family Guy

While I'm mentioning it, Jesus lives in South Park, but he and Santa have also been shown to be residents of Imaginationland. And then in Family Guy, Santa is real, but Jesus claims to be a figment of imagination, even though he’s very real in the apocalypse episode of American Dad. I will cover Jesus later on in this very book, and I’ll be talking about the TVCU version of Jesus as depicted in fiction, so please, please, please don’t think my reporting of fictional Jesus reflects my personal beliefs. See Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume I “Flintstones Anomaly” for more on South Park and Family Guy (and American Dad).




Santa in the Future (or Okay, Here’s a Timeline for TVCU tradition)




The Not too Distant Future--MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000--"Santa Claus"--The gang poke fun at the long-standing adversarial relationship between Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.


2354--Futurama--"A Tale Of Two Santas"--Kwanzaabot begins giving out "What the hell is Kwanzaa?" books.


24th Century--STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION # 2--”Spirit in the Sky”--The Enterprise encounters a race of Grinches and Santa!


2801--Futurama--"Xmas Story"--Robot Santa is built. "You DARE bribe Santa?! I'm gonna shove coal so far up your stocking, you'll be coughing up diamonds!"―Robot Santa Claus


The Far Future--RED DWARF--"Meltdown"--Santa appears.