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Santa Claus: A Morality

In the play, Santa Claus deals with the increasing materialism and lust for knowledge around him and becomes consumed by it because of Death.


1968 Philadelphia Eagles season

Instead, the team asked a fan dressed as Santa Claus to run onto the field to celebrate with a group of cheerleaders.

A Garfield Christmas

In a brightly decorated house, Garfield is awakened by Jon dressed as an elf, who says it is Christmas and Garfield must be treated to a large amount of lasagna before opening his gift, which consists of a robotic Santa Claus which reads minds and produces whatever Garfield wants, pleasing him until Jon actually wakes up Garfield, who realizes he was dreaming.

A. Q. Shipley

Shipley is known for his engaging personality and has served as the team Santa Claus for the Nittany Lions annual Christmas party.

Autism friendly

In Canada, malls operated by Oxford Properties established a process by which autistic children could visit Santa Claus at the mall without having to contend with crowds.

Avast!

Themed voiceovers are also available; these include "Aussie", "Californian", "Canadian", "Pirate Talk" and "Santa Claus".

Charlie Conacher

In return for Black Hawk Johnny Gottselig, whom Smythe coveted, Chicago asked for Conacher and star defenceman King Clancy for compensation, to which Smythe reportedly cabled that Santa Claus lived at the North Pole, not in Maple Leaf Gardens.

Christmas Evil

Though lesser known, it predates the horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night, in which a deranged man goes on a murderous rampage dressed in Santa Claus clothing.

Christmas Lemmings

The difference between these games and the original game are the Christmas/snow-styled graphics of the levels, and that all the Lemmings wear Santa Claus suits.

Daffy Duck Hunt

Porky opens the freezer, but both are shocked when Daffy, dressed as Santa Claus, jumps out and starts singing "Jingle Bells".

Dead letter office

In the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street, two mail sorters handle a letter addressed to "Kris Kringle" at the New York City courthouse, and decide to deliver all the Santa Claus mail now in the dead letter office to the courthouse, where a man calling himself Kris Kringle is facing a mental competency hearing.

Dear Santa

The special focused on Santa Claus (voiced by Tom Kane) granting the wishes of children via letters from Operation Santa of the United States Postal Service, and having the kids' favorite celebrities, such as Clay Aiken, Raven-Symoné, Hilary Duff, and Tony Hawk help grant the wishes.

Doraemon: Nobita to Mittsu no Seireiseki

Many of the boss enemies come from other cultures such as a Minotaur, Harpy, Centaur, and an evil version of Santa Claus.

Easter

The Easter Bunny is a popular legendary anthropomorphic Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa Claus in American culture.

Francisco Macías Nguema

Soldiers dressed up in Santa Claus costumes executed them by shooting at the football stadium in Malabo, while amplifiers were playing Mary Hopkin's "Those Were the Days".

Giftless

'Giftless' is a satire on management and corporate thinking featuring an attempt to replace Santa Claus with a "Strategic Manager" - one who is determined to take the company to the next level.

Gold Soundz

In the song's promotional video, directed by Scott Blen, the band members are dressed in Santa Claus suits as they cavort through various locations in and around Irvine, California.

Herongate Mall

Santa Claus had a location during the Christmas and holiday season, but later left the mall due to vandalisms that read "NO SANTA" on Herongate Mall's exterior walls.

Horsehay

It holds various events throughout the year, including 'Day Out With Thomas', where at Christmas children get the chance to ride on a train hauled by Thomas the Tank Engine to see Santa

Howard Platt

Platt, a veteran of nearly four decades, has appeared in at least 100 plays assuming the roles of everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Santa Claus to Frank McCourt and brother, Malachy.

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

As they fall, they are rescued by a flying reindeer, who takes them to the other side of the cliff and introduces himself as Prancer.

Ice Station Santa

After dealing with a giant robot that is intent on destroying the duo as well as razing the local city block near their offices, Sam and Max learn that the Maimtron 9000 was actually a gift from Santa Claus.

Illusive Tracks

The story revolves around the passengers on a train heading from Stockholm non-stop to Berlin, and includes murder, adultery, religion, Santa Claus and a very angry train conductor.

J'ai Rencontré Le Père Noël

Therefore, while on a field trip to the local airport, Simon and his friend Élodie sneak onto a jet liner and fly to Rovaniemi to visit Santa Claus in Lapland, to ask him to save Simon's parents.

Kris Kringle

Santa Claus, by assimilation in the United States of the separate German tradition

Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures

Santa Claus, Strong Man, Castle Knight, and the Clown are the only non-movie characters who are unlockable.

Life Weaver

There are also boss battles such as one of your many encounters with Santa Claus.

Moweaqua, Illinois

The incident occurred on the morning of Christmas Eve, and one of the deceased miners, Tom Jackson, had been scheduled to play Santa Claus in a party to be held that evening for his fellow townspeople.

Natchitoches Christmas Festival

Country music singer Frank Foster will the Grand Marshall for 2013 and make an appearance in the parade as well as perform on December 7th at 4pm to 6pm, the Northwestern State University Marching Band, several high school marching bands, dance teams from around Louisiana, the winners of local beauty pageants including Miss Merry Christmas and the Christmas Belles, and, of course, Santa Claus.

Noel, Missouri

Noel is one of a few "Christmas Cities" in America, along with North Pole, Alaska, Christmas, Michigan, Santa Claus, Indiana and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

North Pole Stream

The name inspired A. F. Wightman to name the adjacent peaks after Santa Claus' reindeer.

Parkmore Shopping Centre

Opening on 27 November 1973, the centre held extravagant opening celebrations, including Santa Claus arriving in the world's largest hot air balloon of the time, as well as a performance by John Farnham.

Paul Chaplin

During his tenure on MST3K, Chaplin portrayed several characters in addition to his writing duties, most notably an Observer, Pitch the Demon (originally portrayed in the movie Santa Claus), Ned the Nanite, and Ortega (originally portrayed in the movie The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies).

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is a 2010 Finnish horror-fantasy film directed by Jalmari Helander about people living near the Korvatunturi mountain who discover the secret behind Santa Claus.

Rimma Wilms

At the event, hearing-impaired and deaf children met with an American Sign Language-speaking Santa Claus.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Rudolph has just come back from delivering Christmas presents with Santa Claus when he is asked by Father Time to find Happy, the missing Baby New Year before midnight on New Year's Eve.

Santa Claus' daughter

In Once Upon a Christmas (2001), Kristin Claus (Kathy Ireland) opposes her sister Rudolfa who is try to ruin the spirit of Christmas.

Santa Special

Meeting "Santa Claus" (This commonly, but not always, takes place on the train)

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

The film is the third sequel to the controversial Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), but bears little resemblance to its predecessors since it drops the "killer Santa" theme completely.

St. Nikolai, Varna

Thomas Nast (1840-1902), who came to America from Germany as a child created the white-bearded Santa Claus with a pack on his back, combining St. Nicholas and Knecht Ruprecht.

Tars Tarkas

In Kage Baker's novel The Empress of Mars, human colonists on Mars have a Christmas-like celebration, and a settler appears costumed as "Uncle Tars Tarkas", giving gifts to children as if he were Father Christmas or Santa Claus.

Tellme Networks

In 2008 the company debuted a feature especially for Christmas Eve; callers can dial 800-555-TELL and hear recorded messages from Santa Claus.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

Samuel L. Jackson, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Santa Claus, Goku, R2-D2, C-3PO, Jawa, the DeLorean, Tobias Fünke, and Pac-Man appear in the music video but are not mentioned in the lyrics.

United Voice

Famous campaigns during the 1950s and 60s included organising workers paid to be Santa Clauses at Christmas and a group of dance instructors who were locked out for four months before winning their jobs back.

Velikoustyugsky District

Since the 1990s, Veliky Ustyug has been marketed as the residence of Ded Moroz, a fictional character similar to Santa Claus.

Weihnachten

In the more Catholic regions - primarily South Germany and Switzerland - this is considered the Christ Child (Christkind), while those in North Germany commonly considers it to be the Weihnachtsmann (Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus) who is exiting.

WWF WrestleMania 2000

At the end of the ad, he threatens to shove copies of the game up Santa Claus' "candy-ass."


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