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'''Santa Claus''' is a traditional, secular figure of [[Christmas]] good cheer, generally depicted as a jolly fat, old man in a red suit. Other nations have their own variations, such as Father Christmas in [[England]] and [[Sinterklaas]] in [[the Netherlands]]. Santa has appeared in several Muppet/''[[Sesame Street]]'' specials over the years, portrayed by different human actors and occasionally depicted as a Muppet. Muppet characters have sometimes felt the urge to don the familiar beard as well.
  
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'''Santa Claus''' is a traditional, secular figure of [[Christmas]] good cheer, generally depicted as a jolly fat, old man in a red suit. Other nations have their own variations, such as Father Christmas in [[England]] and [[Sinterklaas]] in [[the Netherlands]].
   
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He lives at [[the North Pole]] with his wife, [[Mrs. Claus]], where he runs [[Santa's Workshop|a workshop]] staffed by [[elves]], and cares for the [[reindeer]] who pull his sleigh.
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==Santa Claus as a character==
  
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! Picture !! Portrayer !! Production !! Notes
  
   
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Santa has appeared in several Muppet/''[[Sesame Street]]'' specials over the years, portrayed by different human actors and occasionally depicted as a Muppet. Muppet characters have sometimes felt the urge to don the familiar beard as well.
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==Santa Claus as a character==
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{| class="episode"
 
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! Picture !! style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Portrayer !! Production / Notes
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| [[Image:Santagodfrey.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santagodfrey.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Arthur Godfrey]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Arthur Godfrey]]
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| ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>December 24, 1967
  
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; ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' December 24, 1967
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| Santa appears alongside [[Scudge]], [[Gleep]], and other [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|monsters]] in a brief holiday sketch. Set entirely in [[Santa's Workshop|his workshop]], the monsters attempt to steal toys until Santa shows them kindness by giving them the playthings as a present.
  
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Santa appears alongside [[Scudge]], [[Proto-Grover|Gleep]], and other [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|monsters]] in a brief holiday sketch. Set entirely in [[Santa's Workshop|his workshop]], the monsters attempt to steal toys until Santa shows them kindness by giving them the playthings as a present.
   
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| [[Image:Cinderellasanta.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Cinderellasanta.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Hey Cinderella!]]''
  
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; ''[[Hey Cinderella!]]''
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| "Santa Claus" appeared as one of the ball guests, telling one of [[the Stepsisters]] that she reminded him of [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]].
 
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"Santa Claus" appeared as one of the ball guests, telling one of [[the Stepsisters]] that she reminded him of [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]].
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:Santacarney.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santacarney.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Art Carney]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Art Carney]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''
  
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; ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''
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| This was Santa's first extended appearance in a Muppet production. Santa is an amiable figure, kind even to [[Cosmo Scam]]. He is also a hopeless amateur [[Magicians|magician]], forever practicing card tricks.
  
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This was Santa's first extended appearance in a Muppet production. Santa is an amiable figure, kind even to [[Cosmo Scam]]. He is also a hopeless amateur [[Magicians|magician]], forever practicing card tricks.
   
 
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| [[Image:Fragglesanta.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Fragglesanta.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' "[[Episode 215: Manny's Land of Carpets|Manny's Land of Carpets]]"
  
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; ''Fraggle Rock'' "[[Episode 215: Manny's Land of Carpets|Manny's Land of Carpets]]"
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| [[Uncle Traveling Matt]] encounters a department store Santa, who he assumes is a magical wish giving creature.
 
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[[Uncle Traveling Matt]] encounters a department store Santa, who he assumes is a magical wish giving creature.
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| [[Image:The Muppets comic strip 1984-12-24.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| align=left |
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; ''[[The Muppets (comic strip)|The Muppets]]'' comic strip (December 24, 1984)
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Miss Piggy sits on the lap of a mall Santa.
   
 
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| [[Image:Newsflash-santa.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Newsflash-santa.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]]
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| align=left |
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| [[Sesame Street News Flash]]
  
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; [[Sesame Street News Flash: Holiday Mix-Up|Sesame Street News Flash]]
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| A [[Pumpkin]] Anything Muppet ([[Frank Oz]]) appears as Santa Claus, apparently unsure of his own identity.
  
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A [[Pumpkin]] Anything Muppet ([[Frank Oz]]) appears as Santa Claus, apparently unsure of his own identity.
   
 
|-
  
|-
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| [[Image:SSNews-SantaChimney.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Image:Santa SSNews.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]]
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| align=left |
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| [[Sesame Street News Flash]]
  
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; [[Sesame Street News Flash: Santa Claus|Sesame Street News Flash]]
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| In another News Flash sketch, [[Kermit the Frog]] interviews a [[Fat Blue]] Santa, asking how he gets down the chimney.
  
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In another News Flash sketch, [[Kermit the Frog]] encounters a [[Fat Blue]] Santa ([[Kevin Clash]]), hoping to find out how he gets down the chimney.
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:Santa.roses.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.roses.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Whatnot]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Whatnots|Whatnot]]
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| align=left |
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| [[Episode 305: Pearl Bailey|episode 305]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
  
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; ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 305: Pearl Bailey|episode 305]]
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| A Whatnot Santa appears during the line "everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus..."
  
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A Whatnot Santa appears during the line "everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus..."
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:COSS-Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:COSS-Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Jon Stone]]<br>(voice)
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| unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]''
  
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; ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]''
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| Big Bird sits out on the roof of 123 Sesame Street to catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. Santa appears when Big Bird dozes off and is only seen in shadow, disappearing the moment Big Bird awakes. His voice is previously heard over a telephone swallowed by Cookie Monster (the voice provided by [[Jon Stone]]<ref>[http://themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/12/interview-with-muppet-writer-joseph.html Interview with the Muppet Mindset]. Joseph Bailey. December 20, 2011</ref>).
  
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Big Bird sits out on the roof of [[123 Sesame Street]] to catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. Santa appears when Big Bird dozes off and is only seen in shadow, disappearing the moment Big Bird awakes. His voice (provided by Jon Stone)<ref>[https://muppetmindset.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/interview-with-muppet-writer-joseph-bailey/ Interview with the Muppet Mindset]. Joseph Bailey. December 20, 2011</ref> is previously heard over a telephone swallowed by Cookie Monster.
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Stone also plays the narrator of [[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (album)|the audio adaptation]] who gradually reveals himself to be Santa Claus.
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| [[Image:MB103-SantaClaus.png|center|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | animated, silent
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| align=left |
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; ''[[Muppet Babies]]''<br>"[[Episode 103: Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Dark?|Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Dark?]]"
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Santa Claus whizzes by, as the lyrics of the song "[[Good Things Happen in the Dark]]" mention him by name.
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| [[Image:MB-MerrySanta.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | animated, silent
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| align=left |
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; ''[[Muppet Babies]]''<br>"[[Episode 111: Fun Park Fantasies|Fun Park Fantasies]]"
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An obscured Santa Claus is seen getting a restful sleep without the Northern Lights during the "[[Merry-Go-Round]]" song.
   
 
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| [[Image:Santa.furryarms.jpg|center|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.furryarms.jpg|center|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Tony Geiss]]
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| unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
  
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; ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
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| A goodwill Santa stands in front of [[The Furry Arms Hotel]].
  
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A goodwill Santa stands in front of [[The Furry Arms Hotel]].
   
 
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| [[Image:Santa.durning.jpg|center|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.durning.jpg|center|250px]]
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| [[Charles Durning]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Charles Durning]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
  
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; ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
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| This Santa is rather crotchety and frustrated by the side effects of [[Elmo]]'s wish. He also gets to sing "[[Every Day Can't Be Christmas]]."
 
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This Santa is rather crotchety and frustrated by the side effects of [[Elmo]]'s wish for having Christmas every day. He also gets to sing "[[Every Day Can't Be Christmas]]."
   
 
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| [[Image:Santa.elmosworld.jpg|center|250px]]
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| [[Image:Santa Charles Edward Hall.jpg|center|250px]]
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| [[Charles Edward Hall]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Charles Edward Hall]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Elmo's World: Happy Holidays]]''
  
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; ''[[Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!]]''
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| Elmo travels to the North Pole near the end of the special.
  
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Elmo travels to the North Pole near the end of the special.
   
 
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| [[Image:Sallyannsanta.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Sallyannsanta.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Dave "Squatch" Ward]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Dave "Squatch" Ward]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
  
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; ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
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| Fozzie runs into a compassionate Salvation Army Santa, and accidentally leaves his sack of money with him.
 
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Fozzie runs into a compassionate [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]] Santa, and accidentally leaves his sack of money with him.
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:Deletedsanta.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Deletedsanta.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Jay Brazeau]]
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| unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
  
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; ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
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| In a deleted scene, a jolly Santa, apparently convinced he's the real deal, regretfully informs Kermit that he can't appear in their big holiday production.
  
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In [[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie deleted scenes|a deleted scene]], a jolly Santa, apparently convinced he's the real deal, regretfully informs Kermit that he can't appear in their big holiday production.
   
 
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| [[Image:MacysSanta.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:MacysSanta.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Photo Puppet|Muppet Poser]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Photo Puppet|Muppet Poser]]
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| align=left |
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| [[Macy's Windows]], 2002
  
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; [[Macy's Windows]], 2002
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| A poser puppet of Santa Claus helms his sleigh in the Macy's window display.
  
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A poser puppet of Santa Claus helms his sleigh in the Macy's window display.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Rockettes2005_01.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Rockettes2005_01.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Charles Edward Hall]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Charles Edward Hall]]
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| align=left |
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| Radio City Music Hall, 2005
  
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; [[Radio City Music Hall]], 2005
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| Kermit with [[the Rockettes]] and Santa during Kermit's [[Kermit's World Tour|50th Anniversary Tour]].
  
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Kermit with [[the Rockettes]] and Santa during Kermit's [[Kermit's World Tour|50th Anniversary Tour]].
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Kevin-James.Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Kevin-James.Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Kevin James]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kevin James]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
  
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; ''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
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| Kevin James shows another side of Santa Claus when he is issued a speeding ticket.
  
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Kevin James shows another side of Santa Claus when he is issued a speeding ticket.
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:Santa-lettersto.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Santa-lettersto.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Richard Griffiths]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Richard Griffiths]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa]]''
  
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| The Muppets race to make sure that three letters make their way to Santa.
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; ''[[A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa]]''
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The Muppets race to make sure that three letters make their way to Santa.
   
 
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| [[Image:Weihnachtenmiternieundbert2.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Weihnachtenmiternieundbert2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Anything Muppet
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Anything Muppet
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Weihnachten mit Ernie und Bert]]''
  
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| Santa visits Ernie and Bert in their [[German]] apartment.
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; ''[[Weihnachten mit Ernie und Bert]]''
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Santa visits Ernie and Bert in their [[Germany|German]] apartment.
   
 
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| [[Image:Sesame_Place_Christmas_Elmos_World.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Sesame_Place_Christmas_Elmos_World.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| Unknown
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Elmo's World Live! Christmas]]''
  
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; ''[[Elmo's World Live! Christmas]]''
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| Calling Elmo on the "video phone".
  
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Calling Elmo on the "video phone".
   
 
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| [[Image:National Christmas Tree 2011.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:National Christmas Tree 2011.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Brad Oscar]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Brad Oscar]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[The National Christmas Tree Lighting]]''
  
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; [[The National Christmas Tree Lighting|2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting]]
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| Santa Claus performs "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" with [[Kermit the Frog]] at [[The White House]], and later joins him for a sing-along rendition of "[[Jingle Bells]]" and "[[Winter Wonderland]]."
  
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Santa Claus performs "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" with [[Kermit the Frog]] at [[The White House]], and later joins him for a sing-along rendition of "[[Jingle Bells]]" and "[[Winter Wonderland]]."
   
 
|-
  
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| [[Image:noimage.png|250px|center]]
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| [[Image:Santa_-_Craig_Robinson.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Craig Robinson]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Craig Robinson]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[All You Need Is Love]]''
  
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; "[[All I Need is Love]]"
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|
 
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Santa joins the Muppets' party with [[Cee Lo Green]].
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| [[Image:Obama-Santa-Piggy (1).jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| align=left |
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; [[The National Christmas Tree Lighting|2015 National Christmas Tree Lighting]]
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Santa Claus joined [[Miss Piggy]], [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]], [[Michelle Obama]], [[Reese Witherspoon]] and others for a sing-along rendition of "[[Jingle Bells]]."
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| [[Image:OnceUponSS-GaffiganE&B.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Jim Gaffigan]]
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| align=left |
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; ''[[Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas]]''
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In the bedtime story told to Elmo, Santa visits Sesame Street for the first time after the spirit of kindness has been brought to the neighborhood. Santa later visits Elmo's bedroom while he is asleep.
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| [[Image:Furchester-Santa.png|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Anything Muppet
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| align=left |
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; "[[Episode 216: A Furchester Christmas|A Furchester Christmas]]"
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Santa Claus visits the Furchester Hotel, bringing gifts to all the guests who presumed he'd miss them due to their re-locating.
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|-
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| [[Image:Santa 12 Days of Cookies.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Anything Muppet
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| align=left |
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; "[[The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas#Sesame_Street|12 Days of Christmas Cookies]]"
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On the twelfth day of Christmas, Santa ([[Ryan Dillon]])<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBorB8BRMd/ Ryan Dillon on Instagram]</ref> brings Cookie Monster twelve snowman cookies. This version of Santa also appears in "[[Jingle Bells and Seashells]]."
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| [[Image:Fireside Christmas Story with Cookie Monster - Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | unknown
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| align=left |
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; [[Fireside Christmas Story with Cookie Monster]]
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Santa appears in an animated silhouette, on-screen with his face obscured, and in voiceover provided by [[Tyler Bunch]].
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|-
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| [[Image:MB2018_327b_44.jpg|250px|center]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Matt Danner]]
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| align=left |
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; ''[[Muppet Babies (2018)|Muppet Babies]]''<br>"[[Episode 327: It's a Wonderful Elf-bot / A Merry Litter Christmas|A Merry Litter Christmas]]"
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The Muppet Babies almost run into Santa while traveling to [[Planet G0N0|Planet Gonzo]].
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|}
  
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==Characters dressing as Santa Claus==
  
==Characters dressing as Santa Claus==
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| [[File:Turkey_-_Have_yourslf_a_merry_little_christmas_12_24_64.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Image:Abby Cadabby as Santa Claus.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Abby Cadabby]]
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|[[Rowlf]]
  
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| align-left |
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| ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''<br>
  
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; ''[[Home for the Holidays (book)|Home for the Holidays]]''
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| Rowlf is dressed as Santa on December 24, 1964.
  
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Abby Cadabby dressed as Santa while doing holiday preparations.
   
 
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|-
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|[[Image:BabyAnimalSanta.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Image:BabyAnimalSanta.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Baby Animal]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Baby Animal]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Muppet Babies]]''<br>"[[Episode 301: Pigerella|Pigerella]]"
  
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; ''Muppet Babies'', "[[Episode 301: Pigerella|Pigerella]]"
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| Baby Animal dressed up as Santa to show who would come down the chimney that [[Baby Piggy]] must clean.
 
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Baby Animal dressed up as Santa to show who would come down the chimney that [[Baby Piggy]] must clean.
   
 
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|[[Image:1989_mbabies_christmas_squeeze_toy.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Image:Kermit Santa Remco.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Baby Kermit]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Baby Kermit]]
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| align=left |
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| [[Muppet Babies baby toys (Remco)|''Muppet Babies'' baby toys]]
  
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; [[Muppet Babies baby toys (Remco)|''Muppet Babies'' baby toys]]
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| Baby Kermit Christmas squeeze toy from 1989.
  
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Baby Kermit Christmas squeeze toy from 1989.
   
 
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| [[Image:Bild_75_3j.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Bild_75_3j.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Bert]]
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| [[Bert]]
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten|Peter Alexander presents Specialties]]''
  
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; ''[[Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten|Peter Alexander presents Specialties]]''
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| Bert dresses as Santa in this [[Germany|German]] TV special from 1975.
 
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Bert dresses as Santa in this [[Germany|German]] TV special from 1975.
   
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[Image:Erniebert-santa.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Image:Erniebert-santa.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Bert]] and [[Ernie]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]'', December 1977
  
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; ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]'', December 1977
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| Bert and Ernie collaborate as Santa Claus.
  
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Bert and Ernie collaborate as Santa Claus.
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|-
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| [[Image:Epiblas 20.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Bert
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| align=left |
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; ''[[Epi, Blas y los demás]]'', 1978/1979
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Bert dresses as Santa Claus.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Weinnachtenmiternieundbert-d.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Weinnachtenmiternieundbert-d.jpg|250px]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Bert
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| Bert
  
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| align=left |
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| ''[[Weihnachten mit Ernie & Bert]]''
  
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; ''[[Weihnachten mit Ernie & Bert]]''
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| Bert takes part in [[Rumpel|Rumpel's]] Christmas song as Santa on ''[[Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow]]''.
  
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Bert takes part in [[Rumpel|Rumpel's]] Christmas song as Santa on ''[[Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow]]''.
   
 
|-
  
|-
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|[[Image:Big_bird_as_santa_claus.JPG|250px]]
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| [[Image:Big_bird_as_santa_claus.JPG|250px]]
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| [[Big Bird]]
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| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Big Bird]]
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| align=left |
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| ''[[The Sesame Street Postcard Book]]''
  
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; ''[[The Sesame Street Postcard Book]]''
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| Big Bird taking on the role of Santa with [[Snuffy]] taking on the role of the [[Reindeer|reindeer]].
 
  +
Big Bird taking on the role of Santa with [[Mr. Snuffleupagus|Snuffy]] taking on the role of the [[Reindeer|reindeer]].
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santawolf.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santawolf.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[The Big Bad Wolf (Muppet Classic Theatre)|The Big Bad Wolf]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[The Big Bad Wolf (Muppet Classic Theatre)|The Big Bad Wolf]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Muppet Classic Theatre]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Muppet Classic Theater]]''
−
| The wolf dresses as Santa to infiltrate [[Miss Piggy's Alternate Identities#sandypig|Sandy Pig's]] home.
 
  +
The wolf dresses as Santa to infiltrate [[Miss Piggy's Alternate Identities#sandypig|Sandy Pig's]] home.
   
−
|-
+
|-
 
| [[Image:Santabobo.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santabobo.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Bobo the Bear]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Bobo the Bear]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
  
  +
; ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
−
| Bobo is asked to fill in for the absent Santa.
  
  +
Bobo is asked to fill in for the absent Santa.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:MHM-Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[The Barbershop Cactus Quartet|Cactus]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[Muppets Haunted Mansion]]''
  +
A cactus is seen in the background of the Muppets' Halloween party dressed as Santa.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Noimage.png|100px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Clifford]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' December 16, 1994
  +
Clifford dresses as Santa Claus for a Muppet Christmas medley (Kermit states it was originally supposed to be Fozzie).
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santa.cookie.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.cookie.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Cookie Monster]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Cookie Monster]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
−
| Cookie Monster dresses as Santa in order to trick Elmo out of his plate of cookies.
  
  +
Cookie Monster dresses as Santa in order to trick Elmo out of his plate of cookies.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[File:COVID-19 Cookie as Santa Claus.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Cookie Monster
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[The ABCs of COVID-19]]'', third special
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:CosmoSanta.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:CosmoSanta.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Cosmo Scam]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Cosmo Scam]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''
  
  +
; ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''
−
| Cosmo Scam poses as Santa.
 
  +
Cosmo Scam poses as Santa.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:MFC-Santa-Doc.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:MFC-Santa-Doc.jpg|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Doc]]
−
| [[Doc]]
  
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''
  
  +
; ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''
−
| Doc appears as Santa at the end of the special, passing out presents.
  
  +
Doc appears as Santa at the end of the special, passing out presents.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santahogg.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santahogg.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Doc Hogg]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Doc Hogg]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]'' "[[Episode 325: A Berry Bear Christmas (1)|A Berry Bear Christmas]]"
  
  +
; "[[Episode 325: A Berry Bear Christmas (1)|A Berry Bear Christmas]]"
−
| Doc appears as "Santa Hogg" at the [[Woodland Valley Mall]].
  
  +
Doc appears as "Santa Hogg" at the [[Woodland Valley Mall]].
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:Elmosanta.JPG|250px]]
 +
| [[Image:ElmoSanta.png|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Elmo]]
−
| [[Elmo]]
  
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Sesame Street holiday plush (Gund)#Musical Holiday Collection|Gund Musical Holiday Collection]]
  
  +
; promotional photo
−
| Mini plush of Elmo dressed as Santa Claus.
  
  +
Used in ''Sesame Street'' marketing and social media.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Gund 2010 musical holiday plush elmo.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Elmo]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; [[Sesame Street holiday plush (Gund)#Musical Holiday Collection|Gund Musical Holiday Collection]]
  +
Mini plush of Elmo dressed as Santa Claus.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santaernie.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santaernie.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Ernie]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Ernie]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| Sesame Street calendar, unknown year
  
  +
; Sesame Street calendar, unknown year
−
| Ernie appears as Santa, with Bert as his reindeer.
 
  +
Ernie appears as Santa, with Bert as his reindeer.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santa.fozzie.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.fozzie.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Fozzie Bear]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Fozzie Bear]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Muppet Magazine issue 5|''Muppet Magazine'' issue 5]]
  
−
| Fozzie dresses as Santa for the ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' Christmas party.
 +
; [[Muppet Magazine issue 5|''Muppet Magazine'' Winter 1984]]
  +
Fozzie dresses as Santa for the ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' Christmas party.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Fozziesanta-pleasurecompany.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Fozziesanta-pleasurecompany.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Fozzie Bear]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Fozzie Bear]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together]]''
  
  +
; ''[[John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together|A Christmas Together]]''
−
| Fozzie dresses as a salvation army Santa for the number "The Pleasure of Your Company."
  
  +
Fozzie dresses as a salvation army Santa for the number "[[The Pleasure of Your Company]]."
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Fozzie Santa M15 1x10.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Fozzie Bear]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''The Muppets'' "[[Episode 110: Single All the Way|Single All the Way]]"
  +
Fozzie almost doesn't play Santa on ''[[Up Late with Miss Piggy]]'' because [[Becky]] broke up with him, but after a reassuring phone call, he decides to play Santa after all.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santagonzo.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Santagonzo.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Gonzo]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Gonzo]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]] of ''The Muppet Show''
  
  +
; ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]]
−
| Gonzo's [[chickens]] play the part of Santa's reindeer in a [[Muppet_Show_Medleys#Episode_517:_Hal_Linden|holiday mix-up medley]].
  
  +
Gonzo's [[chickens]] play the part of Santa's reindeer in a [[Muppet_Show_medleys#Episode_517:_Hal_Linden|holiday mix-up medley]].
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Groversanta.JPG|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Groversanta.JPG|250px|center]]
−
| [[Grover]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Grover]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Grover's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Grover's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas]]''
−
| Grover takes on the role of Santa Claus to leave presents on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]].
  
  +
Grover takes on the role of Santa Claus to leave presents on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]].
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:GroverSanta-2014.jpg|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Grover]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; Sesame Workshop 2014 Kid's Holiday Party
  +
Grover dressed as Santa for the 2014 family holiday party.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santaherry.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Santaherry.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Herry Monster]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Herry Monster]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Elmo's Delicious Christmas]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Elmo's Delicious Christmas]]''
−
| Herry dresses as Santa Claus to help collect toys and food for needy families.
  
  +
Herry dresses as Santa Claus to help collect toys and food for needy families.
  +
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Sesamstrasse-herryclaus.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Sesamstrasse-herryclaus.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Herry Monster]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Herry Monster]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Sesamstrasse (magazine)|Sesamstrasse]]'' magazine
  
−
| Herry dresses as Santa Claus on a 1980 ''Sesamstrasse'' magazine cover.
 +
; ''[[Sesamstrasse (magazine)|Sesamstrasse]]'' magazine
  +
Herry dresses as Santa Claus on a 1980 ''Sesamstrasse'' magazine cover.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:jr gorg santa claus.png|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Junior Gorg]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; [[Fraggle Rock sweater]]
  +
Junior Gorg dressed as Santa sweater.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Kermit-santa-chimney.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Kermit-santa-chimney.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar]]''
  
  +
; ''[[The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar|Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar]]''
−
| Kermit plays the role of Santa coming down the chimney.
  
  +
Kermit plays the role of Santa coming down the chimney.
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:1977waldecoration2.jpg|250px]]
 +
| [[Image:Xmas dec 2.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Wall Decorations (Hallmark) |Hallmark wall decoration]]''
  
  +
; [[Muppet wall decorations (Hallmark)|Hallmark wall decorations]]
−
| Kermit dresses as Santa, with Miss Piggy holidng mistletoe over his head, on this 1977 wall decoration by Hallmark. The same picture can be seen in the dressing rooms of the Muppet Show and the front cover of the March 8, 1979 issue of ''[[Lhiton]]''.
  
  +
Kermit dresses as Santa, with Miss Piggy holding mistletoe over his head, in a 1977 wall decoration by Hallmark. The same picture can be seen in the dressing rooms on ''The Muppet Show'' and the front cover of the March 8, 1979 issue of ''[[Lhiton]]''.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Movable kf santa.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; [[Muppet wall decorations (Hallmark)|Hallmark wall decorations]]
  +
In 1981, Hallmark made a poseable wall decoration with Kermit dressed as Santa.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Muppetannual1983.JPG|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Muppetannual1983.JPG|250px]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Muppet annuals |Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1983]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1983]]''
−
| Remake to the 1977 picture (pictured above).
 
  +
Remake of the 1977 Hallmark photo.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Winter 1987.JPG|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Winter 1987.JPG|250px]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Muppet Magazine issue 17|''Muppet Magazine'' Winter 1987]]
  
−
| Kermit is dressed as Santa on the cover of the Winter 1987 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'' with [[Pee-Wee Herman]] and his stocking.
 +
; [[Muppet Magazine issue 17|''Muppet Magazine'' Winter 1987]]
  +
Kermit is dressed as Santa on the cover of the Winter 1987 issue of ''Muppet Magazine'' with [[Pee-Wee Herman]] and his stocking.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santakermit.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santakermit.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[The Christmas Toy]]''
  
  +
; ''[[The Christmas Toy]]''
−
| Kermit delivered his traditional holiday introduction for ''The Christmas Toy'' after climbing down the chimney.
 
  +
Kermit delivered his traditional holiday introduction for ''The Christmas Toy'' after climbing down the chimney.
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:Merch.santakermit.jpg|150px|center]]
 +
| [[Image:Merch.santakermit.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Muppet plush (Presents)|Santa Kermit plush doll]]
  
  +
; [[Muppet plush (Presents)|Santa Kermit plush doll]]
−
| Released in 1990 by [[:Category:Presents|Presents]], a division of Hamilton Gifts.
  
  +
Released in 1990 by [[:Category:Presents|Presents]], a division of Hamilton Gifts.
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:GMA-SantaKermit&FrogElves(1997-12-23).jpg|250px|center]]
 +
| [[Image:Santa Kermit GMA 1997-12-23.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Good Morning America]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Good Morning America]]'' December 23, 1997
−
| Santa Kermit & his [[Frogs|frog]] elves stop by the studio "to wish everybody a happy season" and sing "[[Jingle Bells]]."
  
  +
Santa Kermit & his [[Frogs|frog]] elves stop by the studio "to wish everybody a happy season" and sing "[[Jingle Bells]]."
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Kermit-Presents-Christmas-Treasures.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:Kermit-Presents-Christmas-Treasures.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Kermit Presents Christmas Treasures]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Kermit Presents Christmas Treasures]]''
−
| Kermit is pictured on the cover of the sheet music book dressed as Santa Claus.
  
  +
Kermit is pictured on the cover of the sheet music book dressed as Santa Claus.
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:Sababaxmaskermit.jpg|250px|center]]
 +
| [[Image:Sababaxmaskermit-wide.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Kermit the Frog]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Kermit the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Muppet plush (Sababa)|Sababa Muppet plush doll]]
  
  +
; [[Muppet plush (Sababa)|Sababa Muppet plush doll]]
−
| In 2003, Sababa sold a grayscale Kermit plush doll dressed in a pantsless, red Santa Claus costume.
  
  +
In 2003, Sababa sold a grayscale Kermit plush doll dressed in a pantsless, red Santa Claus costume.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Motherchristmas.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Motherchristmas.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Miss Piggy]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Miss Piggy]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| "Kermit's Christmas Diary", ''[[Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1982 ]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1982]]''
−
| Santa Claus can't make it for Christmas Day, so Miss Piggy cheers up [[Robin the Frog|Robin]] by dressing up as "Mother Christmas."
  
  +
Santa Claus can't make it for Christmas Day, so Miss Piggy cheers up [[Robin the Frog|Robin]] by dressing up as Mother Christmas in "Kermit's Christmas Diary".
   
 
|-
  
|-
−
| [[Image:Santasnuffy.jpg|250px|Center]]
 +
| [[Image:SantaPiggy.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | Miss Piggy
−
| [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]]
  
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]''
  
  +
; Promotional images
−
| Snuffy assumes the role of Santa for scientific purposes, in an attempt to demonstrate how someone as large as Santa can fit down a tiny chimney.
  
  +
Miss Piggy dresses up as Santa Claus in several promotional images from the mid-2000s, [[:Image:Piggy Kermit Mistletoe.jpg|on one occasion letting Kermit borrow her hat]].
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santa.oscar.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa.oscar.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Oscar the Grouch]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Oscar the Grouch]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[A Sesame Street Christmas Carol]]''
  
  +
; ''[[A Sesame Street Christmas Carol]]''
−
| [[Christmas Carole]] transforms Oscar when he won't come out of his can.
  
  +
[[Christmas Carole]] transforms Oscar when he won't come out of his can.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Pops Santa Merry Xmas cbook.png|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Pops]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[Merry Christmas with the Muppets]]''
  +
Pops plays a department store Santa entertaining Robin on his knee.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:MuppStrip-RobinSanta.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Robin the Frog]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[The Muppets (comic strip)|The Muppets]]'' comic strip (December 24, 1983)
  +
Robin uses one of Kermit's socks and a can of whipped cream to appear as Santa.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[File:Turkey_-_Have_yourslf_a_merry_little_christmas_12_24_64.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[The Jimmy Dean Show]]''
  +
Rowlf is dressed as Santa in [[The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 214|the December 24, 1964 episode]].
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Sesamstrasse.de-AdventCalendar-SantaClausCharacters.png|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | ''[[Sesamstrasse]]'' cast
  +
| align=left |
  +
; [[Sesamstrasse.de]]
  +
The official website's annual advent calendar features [[Elmo]], [[Pferd]], [[Ernie]], [[Wolle]], [[Bert]], [[Grover|Grobi]], [[Finchen]] and [[Cookie Monster|Krümelmonster]] in Santa hats and beards.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Santasnuffy.jpg|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]''
  +
Snuffy assumes the role of Santa for scientific purposes, in an attempt to demonstrate how someone as large as Santa can fit down a tiny chimney.
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:3295-Santa.jpg|250px|center]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | a [[Snuffleupaguses|Snuffleupagus]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3295]]
  +
At the Snuffleupagus-American Day Parade, one Snuffleupagus portrays "Snuffleupa-Claus."
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Merch.santachef.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Merch.santachef.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[The Swedish Chef]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[The Swedish Chef]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Palisades Toys]]
  
  +
; [[Palisades Toys]]
−
| The [[Santa Chef Action Figure]] was released as Palisades' 2004 holiday figure.
  
  +
The [[Santa Chef Action Figure]] was released as Palisades' 2004 holiday figure.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santawitch.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santawitch.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Taminella Grinderfall]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Taminella Grinderfall]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[Tales of the Tinkerdee]]''
  
  +
; ''[[Tales of the Tinkerdee]]''
−
| Taminella poses as Santa as part of her scheme to steal [[Princess Gwendolinda|Princess Gwendolinda's]] birthday presents.
  
  +
Taminella poses as Santa as part of her scheme to steal [[Princess Gwendolinda|Princess Gwendolinda's]] birthday presents.
  +
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:MFC-Santa-2head.jpg|250px|center]]
  
| [[Image:MFC-Santa-2head.jpg|250px|center]]
−
| [[Two-Headed Monster]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Two-Headed Monster]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''
  
  +
; ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''
−
| The Monster plays jolly Saint Nick in the ''Sesame Street'' gang's Christmas [[Sesame Street Pageants|pageant]].
  
  +
The Monster plays jolly Saint Nick in the ''Sesame Street'' gang's Christmas [[Sesame Street pageants|pageant]].
  +
  +
|-
  +
| [[Image:Mike Quinn Uncle Matt Santa Claus.jpg|250px]]
  +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Uncle Traveling Matt]]
  +
| align=left |
  +
; [[Fraggle Rock (France)|''Fraggle Rock'' (France)]]
  +
[[Mike Quinn]] manipulates Uncle Matt dressed as Santa for a French [[Postcards from Traveling Matt]] segment.
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santa-waldorf.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santa-waldorf.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Statler and Waldorf|Waldorf]]
 +
| style="text-align:center; width:100px;" | [[Statler and Waldorf|Waldorf]]
  +
| align=left |
−
| [[Muppet Magazine issue 17|''Muppet Magazine'' issue 17]]
  
  +
; [[Muppet Magazine issue 17|''Muppet Magazine'' Winter 1987]]
−
| Waldorf plays the role of Santa in the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' comic book adaptation of "[[A Visit from St. Nicholas]]".
  
  +
Waldorf plays the role of Santa in the ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' comic book adaptation of "[[A Visit from St. Nicholas]]".
   
 
|-
  
|-
 
| [[Image:Santawilkins.jpg|250px]]
  
| [[Image:Santawilkins.jpg|250px]]
−
| [[Wilkins and Wontkins|Wilkins]]
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| Wilkins plays Santa, with Wontkins as his reindeer.
 
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Wilkins plays Santa, with Wontkins as his reindeer.
   
 
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==Santa hats==
  
==Santa hats==
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Image:Jimhenson-christmas.jpg|Promotional photo for<br>''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]''
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File:Bear-Santa.jpg|Promotional photo for<br>"[[Episode 325: A Berry Bear Christmas (1)|A Berry Bear Christmas]]"
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Piggy Kermit Mistletoe.jpg|cover photo for ''[[A Green and Red Christmas]]''
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Bear-Santa.jpg|Promotional photo for<br>"[[Episode 325: A Berry Bear Christmas (1)|A Berry Bear Christmas]]"
 
Video.elmosavesxmas.jpg|''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
  
Video.elmosavesxmas.jpg|''[[Elmo Saves Christmas (special)|Elmo Saves Christmas]]''
 
Sesamexmascarol-cdsampler.jpg|[[A Sesame Street Christmas Carol CD Sampler]]
  
Sesamexmascarol-cdsampler.jpg|[[A Sesame Street Christmas Carol CD Sampler]]
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muppet-fb-christmas2.jpg|The Muppets [[Facebook]] pages
 
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JDMuppets.JPG|[[A Christmas Together]]
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JDMuppets.JPG|[[John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together|A Christmas Together]]
 
Hasbro 2011 winter plush big bird.jpg|[[Sesame Street plush (Hasbro)|Hasbro plush]]
  
Hasbro 2011 winter plush big bird.jpg|[[Sesame Street plush (Hasbro)|Hasbro plush]]
 
Mjc international 2011 winter cookie monster boxers 1.jpg|[[Sesame Street underwear (MJC International)|underwear]]
  
Mjc international 2011 winter cookie monster boxers 1.jpg|[[Sesame Street underwear (MJC International)|underwear]]
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MurraySantaHat.jpg|[[Murray Monster]]
  
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==Santa Claus in books==
  
==Santa Claus in books==
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[[Image:Clauscouple.jpg|frame|[[Big Bird]] relaxes with Santa and Mrs. Claus in ''Big Bird Meets Santa Claus'']]
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[[Image:Clauscouple.jpg|thumb|300px| [[Big Bird]] relaxes with Santa and [[Mrs. Claus]] in ''Big Bird Meets Santa Claus'']]
 
[[Image:Santachimney.JPG|thumb|300px|Santa going up the chimney in ''The Sesame Street Postcard Book''.]]
  
[[Image:Santachimney.JPG|thumb|300px|Santa going up the chimney in ''The Sesame Street Postcard Book''.]]
 
[[Image:Santa_claus_baby_kermit.JPG|thumb|300px|Santa reassuring Baby Kermit he hasn't given up in ''Baby Kermit's Christmas''.]]
  
[[Image:Santa_claus_baby_kermit.JPG|thumb|300px|Santa reassuring Baby Kermit he hasn't given up in ''Baby Kermit's Christmas''.]]
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[[Image:Santa-organizedmind.jpg|thumb|300px|Santa Claus illustration glimpsed in ''The Organized Mind'' film footage]]
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[[File:0889-Santa.jpg|thumb|300px|Young David encounters Santa Claus (''Sesame Street'' Episode 0889)]]
 
Santa Claus appears in a number of [[Christmas Books|Muppet and ''Sesame Street'' books]], including:
  
Santa Claus appears in a number of [[Christmas Books|Muppet and ''Sesame Street'' books]], including:
 
*''[[A Sesame Street Christmas (book)|A Sesame Street Christmas]]''
  
*''[[A Sesame Street Christmas (book)|A Sesame Street Christmas]]''
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*''[[Big Bird's Red Book]]''
  
*''[[Big Bird's Red Book]]''
 
*''[[Elmo's Night Before Christmas (book)|Elmo's Night Before Christmas]]''
  
*''[[Elmo's Night Before Christmas (book)|Elmo's Night Before Christmas]]''
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*''[[Ho-Ho-Ho, Baby Fozzie!]]''
 
*''[[Muppet Christmas Eve]]''
  
*''[[Muppet Christmas Eve]]''
 
*''[[Santa Visits the Big Blue House]]''
  
*''[[Santa Visits the Big Blue House]]''
 
*''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown (book)|Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
  
*''[[Elmo's Christmas Countdown (book)|Elmo's Christmas Countdown]]''
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*''[[¡Feliz Navidad, Triqui!]]''
   
 
The ''Sesame'' characters visit Santa Claus at [[P.C. Nickles Department Store]] in:
  
The ''Sesame'' characters visit Santa Claus at [[P.C. Nickles Department Store]] in:
 
*''[[I Can't Wait Until Christmas]]''
  
*''[[I Can't Wait Until Christmas]]''
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*''[[Merry Christmas, Everybody!]]''
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*''[[Merry Christmas, Everybody!]]''
   
 
Muppet characters also pretend to be Santa in other books:
  
Muppet characters also pretend to be Santa in other books:
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*[[Baby Fozzie]] in ''[[Ho-Ho-Ho, Baby Fozzie]]''
  
 
*Cookie Monster in ''[[Pop Goes the Santa!]]''
  
*Cookie Monster in ''[[Pop Goes the Santa!]]''
 
*Kermit the Frog in ''[[A Very Muppet Christmas]]''
  
*Kermit the Frog in ''[[A Very Muppet Christmas]]''
   
 
==References==
  
==References==
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* Kermit's lecture on hair {{first|0028}} is accompanied by a [[hippie]] whose facial hair reminds Kermit that, "If you're a big, grown-up man, or Santa Claus, and you have hair on your face, it's called a beard."
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* In a version of "[[The Organized Mind]]" performed on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' in 1974, an image of Santa Claus appears when the character browses through his good thoughts.
  
   
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* After the mail is delivered in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 0068]], Big Bird guesses that Santa Claus had just come by to hand-deliver a response to the letter he wrote last Christmas.
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* In an early version of "[[The People in Your Neighborhood (song)|The People in Your Neighborhood]]," an Anything Muppet claims that, with a fireman's hat on, he could be Santa Claus.
  
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* In ''[[The Sesame Street Book & Record]]'' recording of "[[The People in Your Neighborhood]]," an Anything Muppet ([[Jim Henson]]) claims that, wearing a hat and carrying a bag over his shoulder, he could be Santa Claus. Holding a postman's hat, [[Bob]] tells him no. The AM responds, "What's wrong with Santa Claus? ... Don't you like Christmas?"
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* [[Gary Owens]] misidentifies an animated [[Today's Secret Drawing|secret drawing]] as Santa Claus. It is, in fact, a policeman.
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* [[Oscar the Grouch]] coaches [[the kids]] on how to be rotten in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 0361]]. So rotten, in fact, that Santa Claus will reward them with a stocking full of terrific coal.
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* [[Guy Smiley]] calls [[snow]] Santa Claus' kind of weather in the 1972 ''Sesame Street'' sketch "[[The Weather Show]]."
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* The version of "[[The Organized Mind]]" performed on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson|The Tonight Show]]'' in 1974 features an image of Santa Claus when the character browses through his good thoughts.
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* Big Bird guesses that Santa Claus will arrive when Susan tells him someone will be visiting soon in [[Episode 0730]] of ''Sesame Street''; it turns out to be skywriter [[Alphabet Bates]].
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* An AM farmer ([[Jerry Nelson]]) in a season 7 edition of "The People in Your Neighborhood" {{first|0892}} asks Bob, "Did you know that Santa Claus is a farmer? ... He's always saying, “ho, ho, ho!”"
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* [[Grover]] uses Santa Claus as one of his selling points when trying to sell snow to Kermit in a 1976 ''Sesame Street'' sketch {{first|0848}}.
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* In [[Episode 0889]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', [[David]]'s grandmother [[Grace]] shows off some old family photos, including one of David as a kid on Santa's lap.
   
 
* In the lyrics of "[[Can You Picture That]]" from ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', [[Floyd Pepper]] and [[Janice]] sing that "even Santa Claus believes in you."
  
* In the lyrics of "[[Can You Picture That]]" from ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', [[Floyd Pepper]] and [[Janice]] sing that "even Santa Claus believes in you."
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* In ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'', Oscar asks [[Big Bird]] and [[Debbie_Chen|Patty]] how Santa Claus can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. Kermit and [[Grover]] interview various [[The Kids|kids]] on the subject trying to help solve the mystery. Eventually, Big Bird decides to stay up all night on the roof to wait for Santa Claus. Although jingle bells and footsteps are heard when Big Bird falls asleep, Santa Claus is not actually seen. Meanwhile, [[Cookie Monster]] tries repeatedly to write a letter to Santa Claus, and speaks to him by shouting into his belly after having eaten the telephone on which he had dialed Santa's number.
  
* In ''[[Christmas Eve on Sesame Street]]'', Oscar asks [[Big Bird]] and [[Debbie_Chen|Patty]] how Santa Claus can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]]. Kermit and [[Grover]] interview various [[The Kids|kids]] on the subject trying to help solve the mystery. Eventually, Big Bird decides to stay up all night on the roof to wait for Santa Claus. Although jingle bells and footsteps are heard when Big Bird falls asleep, Santa Claus is not actually seen. Meanwhile, [[Cookie Monster]] tries repeatedly to write a letter to Santa Claus, and speaks to him by shouting into his belly after having eaten the telephone on which he had dialed Santa's number.
   
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* Eager to win votes in his run for mayor in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 1562]], Oscar shouts at [[Willy]], calling him Santa Claus and whisker-face ([[Kermit Love]] played Santa on the cover of several [[New York (magazine)|''New York'' magazine]] issues).
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* In ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' [[Episode 110: Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk|episode 110]], [[Gobo]] distracts [[Sprocket]] by saying, "Hey look, there's Santy Claus!"
  
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* In the ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' episode "[[Episode 110: Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk|Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk]]," [[Gobo Fraggle|Gobo]] distracts [[Sprocket]] by saying, "Hey look, there's Santy Claus!"
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*In ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 1786]], [[Forgetful Jones]] mistakenly thinks a picture of a girl's pigtails is the beard of "Santy Claus."
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* [[Olivia]] asks, "Who says ho-ho-ho?" in the 1984 song "[[Who, What, Where, When, Why, How?]]" An Anything Muppet ([[Richard Hunt]]) responds, "Everybody knows Santa Claus!"
   
 
* The song "[[Good Things Happen in the Dark]]" claims that without the dark, there would be no gifts that would arrive by Santa's sleigh.
  
* The song "[[Good Things Happen in the Dark]]" claims that without the dark, there would be no gifts that would arrive by Santa's sleigh.
   
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* Big Bird writes a book called "How to Laugh" in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2437]]. One example is "The Santa Claus Laugh" which he and the kids demonstrate.
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* In ''[[Muppets from Space]]'', [[Gonzo]] hears a voice outside his window when he wakes up. Approaching, he asks, "[[Rizzo]]?" Rizzo replies, "No, it's Santa. But I forgot my reindeer."
  
   
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* When [[Big Bird]] realizes that every grown-up was once a little kid in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2621]], he notes that that applies to Santa Claus as well.
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* Santa visited Kermit and [[Tiffany Thornton]] (unseen) during the music video for "[[I Believe]]."
  
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* A poster for ''[[Beach Blanket Bingo|Beach Blanket Beaker]]'' in the queuing area of ''[[Muppet*Vision 3D]]'' features a [[lobster]] in the role of "Sandy Claws".
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* When [[Mr. Handford]] expresses his wish for a new [[Hooper's Store|store]] in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 2791]], Big Bird says that maybe he could ask Santa Claus.
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* When [[Alice Snuffleupagus]] gets a tree branch stuck in her hair in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3055]], Snuffy suggests they could play Santa Claus and his reindeer.
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* [[Benny Rabbit]] uses the lack of Santa Claus nearby as evidence for the fact that it's not Christmas in ''Sesame Street'' [[Episode 3409]].
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* In ''[[Muppets from Space]]'', [[Gonzo]] hears a voice outside his window when he wakes up. Approaching, he asks, "[[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]]?" Rizzo replies, "No, it's Santa. But I forgot my reindeer."
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* Santa visited Kermit and [[Tiffany Thornton]] (unseen) during the music video for "[[I Believe (Whatley/Schermerhorn)|I Believe]]."
   
 
* In ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion]]'', [[Fozzie Bear]] (as "Baron Munchfozzen") holds up a newspaper with the headline: "Baron Marries Pink Gorilla, Santa Claus and [[The Tooth Fairy|Tooth Fairy]] to Attend Wedding".
  
* In ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: Family Reunion]]'', [[Fozzie Bear]] (as "Baron Munchfozzen") holds up a newspaper with the headline: "Baron Marries Pink Gorilla, Santa Claus and [[The Tooth Fairy|Tooth Fairy]] to Attend Wedding".
   
 
* A betting form posted on the door of [[Pepe the King Prawn|Pepe]]'s stateroom aboard [[Disney Cruise Line]]'s ship, the Disney Fantasy, lists Sandy Claws as one of the competitors of Pepe's Crab Races.
  
* A betting form posted on the door of [[Pepe the King Prawn|Pepe]]'s stateroom aboard [[Disney Cruise Line]]'s ship, the Disney Fantasy, lists Sandy Claws as one of the competitors of Pepe's Crab Races.
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* In ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'' episode "[[Episode 113: Got Silk?|Got Silk?]]", Rizzo points out that [[RuPaul]] is wearing Santa Claus boxers.
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* In ''[[The Muppets Mayhem]]'' episode "[[Track 9: Drift Away|Drift Away]]," [[Charlamagne tha God]] interviews [[Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem]]. Under the impression that he is the theological figure, [[Zoot]] asks him if he knows Santa.
   
 
==Connections==
  
==Connections==
 
The following actors, who have appeared in Muppet/Henson productions, have portrayed Santa in other film or television appearances.
  
The following actors, who have appeared in Muppet/Henson productions, have portrayed Santa in other film or television appearances.
   
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*[[Ed Asner]] voiced Santa in ''The Story of Santa Claus'' (1996, TV) and ''Olive the Other Reindeer'' (1999, TV) and appeared on camera as Santa in ''The Ellen Show'' (2001, TV) and ''Elf'' (2003, film).
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*[[Ed Asner]] voiced Santa in ''The Story of Santa Claus'' (1996, TV) and ''Olive the Other Reindeer'' (1999, TV) and appeared on camera as Santa in ''The Ellen Show'' (2001, TV) and ''[[Elf (movie)|Elf]]'' (2003, film).
 
*[[Fred Astaire]] played Santa in ''The Man in the Santa Claus Suit'' (TV, 1979).
  
*[[Fred Astaire]] played Santa in ''The Man in the Santa Claus Suit'' (TV, 1979).
 
*[[John Astin]] voiced Santa in an episode of ''Higglytown Heroes'' (2004, TV)
  
*[[John Astin]] voiced Santa in an episode of ''Higglytown Heroes'' (2004, TV)
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*[[David Canary]] played Santa in ''Secret Santa'' (1994, TV).
  
*[[David Canary]] played Santa in ''Secret Santa'' (1994, TV).
 
*[[Art Carney]] reprised the role of Santa in ''The Night They Saved Christmas'' (1984, TV).
  
*[[Art Carney]] reprised the role of Santa in ''The Night They Saved Christmas'' (1984, TV).
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*[[Charles Durning]] played Santa in several TV movies: ''It Nearly Wasn't Christmas'' (1989), ''Mrs. Santa Claus'' (1996), ''Mr. St. Nick'' (2002), and ''A Boyfriend for Christmas'' (2004).
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*[[Charles Durning]] played Santa in several TV movies: ''It Nearly Wasn't Christmas'' (1989), ''Mrs. Santa Claus'' (1996), ''Mr. St. Nick'' (2002), and ''A Boyfriend for Christmas'' (2004).
 
*[[Gilbert Gottfried]] voiced Santa in ''Billy and Mandy Save Christmas'' (2005, TV)
  
*[[Gilbert Gottfried]] voiced Santa in ''Billy and Mandy Save Christmas'' (2005, TV)
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*[[John Goodman]] voiced Santa in the video ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie'' (1998), a Robot Santa in ''Futurama'' (1999, TV), and played the part in ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'' (2006, TV).
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*[[John Goodman]] voiced Santa in the direct-to-video specials ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie'' (1998) and ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants|It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]'' (2012), a Robot Santa in ''Futurama'' (1999, TV), and played the part in ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'' (2006, TV).
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*[[James Earl Jones]] voiced Santa Claus in an episode of ''[[Minor Muppet Mentions#Recess|Recess]]'' (1997, TV)
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*[[James Earl Jones]] voiced Santa Claus in an episode of ''Recess'' (1997, TV)
 
*[[Bruce Kirby]] played Santa in ''A Different Kind of Christmas'' (1996, TV)
  
*[[Bruce Kirby]] played Santa in ''A Different Kind of Christmas'' (1996, TV)
 
*[[Kermit Love]] appeared as Santa on the December 1982, 1984 and 1985 covers of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''
  
*[[Kermit Love]] appeared as Santa on the December 1982, 1984 and 1985 covers of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]''
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*[[Stuart Pankin]] played Santa in an episode of ''The Hughleys'' (1998, TV)
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*[[Stuart Pankin]] played Santa in an episode of ''The Hughleys'' (1998, TV)
 
*[[Gerry Parkes]] played a retiring Santa Claus in ''Must Be Santa'' (1999, TV)
  
*[[Gerry Parkes]] played a retiring Santa Claus in ''Must Be Santa'' (1999, TV)
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*[[Austin Pendleton]] played a streetcorner Santa in ''Christmas with the Cranks'' (2004, film)
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*[[Austin Pendleton]] played a street corner Santa in ''Christmas with the Cranks'' (2004, film)
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*[[William Shatner]] voiced Santa in ''It's a Very Merry Eek's-mas'' (1993, TV)
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*[[William Shatner]] voiced Santa in ''[[Eek! the Cat|It's a Very Merry Eek's-mas]]'' (1993, TV)
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*[[Hal Smith]] voiced Santa in numerous [[Hanna-Barbera]] Christmas specials from 1964 to 1993
 
*[[Jeffrey Tambor]] voiced Santa in ''The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas'' (2007)
  
*[[Jeffrey Tambor]] voiced Santa in ''The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas'' (2007)
 
*[[Peter Ustinov]] played Santa in ''Julie's Christmas Special'' (1973, TV)
  
*[[Peter Ustinov]] played Santa in ''Julie's Christmas Special'' (1973, TV)
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*[[Frank Welker]] voiced Santa in ''A Chipmunk Christmas'' (1981, TV)
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*[[Frank Welker]] voiced Santa in ''A Chipmunk Christmas'' (1981, TV) and ''Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas'' (1992, TV)
 
*[[George Wendt]] played Santa in ''[[The Colbert Report|A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All]]'' (2008, TV)
  
*[[George Wendt]] played Santa in ''[[The Colbert Report|A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All]]'' (2008, TV)
   
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Kermitsanta

Santa Claus is a traditional, secular figure of Christmas good cheer, generally depicted as a jolly fat, old man in a red suit. Other nations have their own variations, such as Father Christmas in England and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands.

He lives at the North Pole with his wife, Mrs. Claus, where he runs a workshop staffed by elves, and cares for the reindeer who pull his sleigh.

Santa has appeared in several Muppet/Sesame Street specials over the years, portrayed by different human actors and occasionally depicted as a Muppet. Muppet characters have sometimes felt the urge to don the familiar beard as well.


Santa Claus as a character

Picture Portrayer Production / Notes
Santagodfrey Arthur Godfrey
The Ed Sullivan Show December 24, 1967

Santa appears alongside Scudge, Gleep, and other monsters in a brief holiday sketch. Set entirely in his workshop, the monsters attempt to steal toys until Santa shows them kindness by giving them the playthings as a present.

Cinderellasanta unknown
Hey Cinderella!

"Santa Claus" appeared as one of the ball guests, telling one of the Stepsisters that she reminded him of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Santacarney Art Carney
The Great Santa Claus Switch

This was Santa's first extended appearance in a Muppet production. Santa is an amiable figure, kind even to Cosmo Scam. He is also a hopeless amateur magician, forever practicing card tricks.

Fragglesanta unknown
Fraggle Rock "Manny's Land of Carpets"

Uncle Traveling Matt encounters a department store Santa, who he assumes is a magical wish giving creature.

The Muppets comic strip 1984-12-24 unknown
The Muppets comic strip (December 24, 1984)

Miss Piggy sits on the lap of a mall Santa.

Newsflash-santa Anything Muppet
Sesame Street News Flash

A Pumpkin Anything Muppet (Frank Oz) appears as Santa Claus, apparently unsure of his own identity.

Santa SSNews
 Anything Muppet
Sesame Street News Flash

In another News Flash sketch, Kermit the Frog encounters a Fat Blue Santa (Kevin Clash), hoping to find out how he gets down the chimney.

Santa.roses
 Whatnot
The Muppet Show episode 305

A Whatnot Santa appears during the line "everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus..."

COSS-Santa
 Jon Stone
(voice)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Big Bird sits out on the roof of 123 Sesame Street to catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. Santa appears when Big Bird dozes off and is only seen in shadow, disappearing the moment Big Bird awakes. His voice (provided by Jon Stone)[1] is previously heard over a telephone swallowed by Cookie Monster.

Stone also plays the narrator of the audio adaptation who gradually reveals himself to be Santa Claus.

MB103-SantaClaus
 animated, silent
Muppet Babies
"Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Dark?"

Santa Claus whizzes by, as the lyrics of the song "Good Things Happen in the Dark" mention him by name.

MB-MerrySanta
 animated, silent
Muppet Babies
"Fun Park Fantasies"

An obscured Santa Claus is seen getting a restful sleep without the Northern Lights during the "Merry-Go-Round" song.

Santa.furryarms
 Tony Geiss
Elmo Saves Christmas

A goodwill Santa stands in front of The Furry Arms Hotel.

Santa.durning
 Charles Durning
Elmo Saves Christmas

This Santa is rather crotchety and frustrated by the side effects of Elmo's wish for having Christmas every day. He also gets to sing "Every Day Can't Be Christmas."

Santa Charles Edward Hall
 Charles Edward Hall
Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!

Elmo travels to the North Pole near the end of the special.

Sallyannsanta Dave "Squatch" Ward
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Fozzie runs into a compassionate Salvation Army Santa, and accidentally leaves his sack of money with him.

Deletedsanta Jay Brazeau
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

In a deleted scene, a jolly Santa, apparently convinced he's the real deal, regretfully informs Kermit that he can't appear in their big holiday production.

MacysSanta
 Muppet Poser
Macy's Windows, 2002

A poser puppet of Santa Claus helms his sleigh in the Macy's window display.

Rockettes2005 01
 Charles Edward Hall
Radio City Music Hall, 2005

Kermit with the Rockettes and Santa during Kermit's 50th Anniversary Tour.

Kevin-James.Santa
 Kevin James
Elmo's Christmas Countdown

Kevin James shows another side of Santa Claus when he is issued a speeding ticket.

Santa-lettersto
 Richard Griffiths
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

The Muppets race to make sure that three letters make their way to Santa.

Weihnachtenmiternieundbert2
 Anything Muppet
Weihnachten mit Ernie und Bert

Santa visits Ernie and Bert in their German apartment.

Sesame Place Christmas Elmos World
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Elmo's World Live! Christmas

Calling Elmo on the "video phone".

National Christmas Tree 2011
 Brad Oscar
2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting

Santa Claus performs "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" with Kermit the Frog at The White House, and later joins him for a sing-along rendition of "Jingle Bells" and "Winter Wonderland."

Santa - Craig Robinson
 Craig Robinson
"All I Need is Love"

Santa joins the Muppets' party with Cee Lo Green.

Obama-Santa-Piggy (1)
 unknown
2015 National Christmas Tree Lighting

Santa Claus joined Miss Piggy, President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Reese Witherspoon and others for a sing-along rendition of "Jingle Bells."

OnceUponSS-GaffiganE&B
 Jim Gaffigan
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

In the bedtime story told to Elmo, Santa visits Sesame Street for the first time after the spirit of kindness has been brought to the neighborhood. Santa later visits Elmo's bedroom while he is asleep.

Furchester-Santa
 Anything Muppet
"A Furchester Christmas"

Santa Claus visits the Furchester Hotel, bringing gifts to all the guests who presumed he'd miss them due to their re-locating.

Santa 12 Days of Cookies
 Anything Muppet
"12 Days of Christmas Cookies"

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Santa (Ryan Dillon)[2] brings Cookie Monster twelve snowman cookies. This version of Santa also appears in "Jingle Bells and Seashells."

Fireside Christmas Story with Cookie Monster - Santa
 unknown
Fireside Christmas Story with Cookie Monster

Santa appears in an animated silhouette, on-screen with his face obscured, and in voiceover provided by Tyler Bunch.

MB2018 327b 44
 Matt Danner
Muppet Babies
"A Merry Litter Christmas"

The Muppet Babies almost run into Santa while traveling to Planet Gonzo.

Characters dressing as Santa Claus

Picture Portrayer Production / Notes
Abby Cadabby as Santa Claus Abby Cadabby
Home for the Holidays

Abby Cadabby dressed as Santa while doing holiday preparations.

BabyAnimalSanta Baby Animal
Muppet Babies, "Pigerella"

Baby Animal dressed up as Santa to show who would come down the chimney that Baby Piggy must clean.

Kermit Santa Remco Baby Kermit
Muppet Babies baby toys

Baby Kermit Christmas squeeze toy from 1989.

Bild 75 3j Bert
Peter Alexander presents Specialties

Bert dresses as Santa in this German TV special from 1975.

Erniebert-santa Bert and Ernie
Sesame Street Magazine, December 1977

Bert and Ernie collaborate as Santa Claus.

Epiblas 20 Bert
Epi, Blas y los demás, 1978/1979

Bert dresses as Santa Claus.

Weinnachtenmiternieundbert-d Bert
Weihnachten mit Ernie & Bert

Bert takes part in Rumpel's Christmas song as Santa on Die Grosse Sesamstrassen-Musikshow.

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The Sesame Street Postcard Book

Big Bird taking on the role of Santa with Snuffy taking on the role of the reindeer.

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Muppet Classic Theater

The wolf dresses as Santa to infiltrate Sandy Pig's home.

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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Bobo is asked to fill in for the absent Santa.

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Muppets Haunted Mansion

A cactus is seen in the background of the Muppets' Halloween party dressed as Santa.

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CBS This Morning December 16, 1994

Clifford dresses as Santa Claus for a Muppet Christmas medley (Kermit states it was originally supposed to be Fozzie).

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Elmo Saves Christmas

Cookie Monster dresses as Santa in order to trick Elmo out of his plate of cookies.

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The ABCs of COVID-19, third special
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The Great Santa Claus Switch

Cosmo Scam poses as Santa.

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 Doc
A Muppet Family Christmas

Doc appears as Santa at the end of the special, passing out presents.

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"A Berry Bear Christmas"

Doc appears as "Santa Hogg" at the Woodland Valley Mall.

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promotional photo

Used in Sesame Street marketing and social media.

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Gund Musical Holiday Collection

Mini plush of Elmo dressed as Santa Claus.

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Sesame Street calendar, unknown year

Ernie appears as Santa, with Bert as his reindeer.

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Muppet Magazine Winter 1984

Fozzie dresses as Santa for the Muppet Magazine Christmas party.

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A Christmas Together

Fozzie dresses as a salvation army Santa for the number "The Pleasure of Your Company."

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The Muppets "Single All the Way"

Fozzie almost doesn't play Santa on Up Late with Miss Piggy because Becky broke up with him, but after a reassuring phone call, he decides to play Santa after all.

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 Gonzo
The Muppet Show episode 517

Gonzo's chickens play the part of Santa's reindeer in a holiday mix-up medley.

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 Grover
Grover's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Grover takes on the role of Santa Claus to leave presents on Sesame Street.

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 Grover
Sesame Workshop 2014 Kid's Holiday Party

Grover dressed as Santa for the 2014 family holiday party.

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 Herry Monster
Elmo's Delicious Christmas

Herry dresses as Santa Claus to help collect toys and food for needy families.

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 Herry Monster
Sesamstrasse magazine

Herry dresses as Santa Claus on a 1980 Sesamstrasse magazine cover.

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 Junior Gorg
Fraggle Rock sweater

Junior Gorg dressed as Santa sweater.

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Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar

Kermit plays the role of Santa coming down the chimney.

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Hallmark wall decorations

Kermit dresses as Santa, with Miss Piggy holding mistletoe over his head, in a 1977 wall decoration by Hallmark. The same picture can be seen in the dressing rooms on The Muppet Show and the front cover of the March 8, 1979 issue of Lhiton.

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Hallmark wall decorations

In 1981, Hallmark made a poseable wall decoration with Kermit dressed as Santa.

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Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1983

Remake of the 1977 Hallmark photo.

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Muppet Magazine Winter 1987

Kermit is dressed as Santa on the cover of the Winter 1987 issue of Muppet Magazine with Pee-Wee Herman and his stocking.

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The Christmas Toy

Kermit delivered his traditional holiday introduction for The Christmas Toy after climbing down the chimney.

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Santa Kermit plush doll

Released in 1990 by Presents, a division of Hamilton Gifts.

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 Kermit the Frog
Good Morning America December 23, 1997

Santa Kermit & his frog elves stop by the studio "to wish everybody a happy season" and sing "Jingle Bells."

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Kermit Presents Christmas Treasures

Kermit is pictured on the cover of the sheet music book dressed as Santa Claus.

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Sababa Muppet plush doll

In 2003, Sababa sold a grayscale Kermit plush doll dressed in a pantsless, red Santa Claus costume.

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Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1982

Santa Claus can't make it for Christmas Day, so Miss Piggy cheers up Robin by dressing up as Mother Christmas in "Kermit's Christmas Diary".

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Promotional images

Miss Piggy dresses up as Santa Claus in several promotional images from the mid-2000s, on one occasion letting Kermit borrow her hat.

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A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

Christmas Carole transforms Oscar when he won't come out of his can.

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Merry Christmas with the Muppets

Pops plays a department store Santa entertaining Robin on his knee.

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The Muppets comic strip (December 24, 1983)

Robin uses one of Kermit's socks and a can of whipped cream to appear as Santa.

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The Jimmy Dean Show

Rowlf is dressed as Santa in the December 24, 1964 episode.

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Sesamstrasse.de

The official website's annual advent calendar features Elmo, Pferd, Ernie, Wolle, Bert, Grobi, Finchen and Krümelmonster in Santa hats and beards.

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 Mr. Snuffleupagus
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Snuffy assumes the role of Santa for scientific purposes, in an attempt to demonstrate how someone as large as Santa can fit down a tiny chimney.

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 a Snuffleupagus
Sesame Street Episode 3295

At the Snuffleupagus-American Day Parade, one Snuffleupagus portrays "Snuffleupa-Claus."

Merch.santachef The Swedish Chef
Palisades Toys

The Santa Chef Action Figure was released as Palisades' 2004 holiday figure.

Santawitch Taminella Grinderfall
Tales of the Tinkerdee

Taminella poses as Santa as part of her scheme to steal Princess Gwendolinda's birthday presents.

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 Two-Headed Monster
A Muppet Family Christmas

The Monster plays jolly Saint Nick in the Sesame Street gang's Christmas pageant.

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Fraggle Rock (France)

Mike Quinn manipulates Uncle Matt dressed as Santa for a French Postcards from Traveling Matt segment.

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Muppet Magazine Winter 1987

Waldorf plays the role of Santa in the Muppet Babies comic book adaptation of "A Visit from St. Nicholas".

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Wilkins Coffee commercial

Wilkins plays Santa, with Wontkins as his reindeer.

Santa hats

Santa Claus in books

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Big Bird relaxes with Santa and Mrs. Claus in Big Bird Meets Santa Claus

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Santa going up the chimney in The Sesame Street Postcard Book.

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Santa reassuring Baby Kermit he hasn't given up in Baby Kermit's Christmas.

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Santa Claus illustration glimpsed in The Organized Mind film footage

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Young David encounters Santa Claus (Sesame Street Episode 0889)

Santa Claus appears in a number of Muppet and Sesame Street books, including:

The Sesame characters visit Santa Claus at P.C. Nickles Department Store in:

Muppet characters also pretend to be Santa in other books:

References

  • Kermit's lecture on hair (First: Episode 0028) is accompanied by a hippie whose facial hair reminds Kermit that, "If you're a big, grown-up man, or Santa Claus, and you have hair on your face, it's called a beard."
  • After the mail is delivered in Sesame Street Episode 0068, Big Bird guesses that Santa Claus had just come by to hand-deliver a response to the letter he wrote last Christmas.
  • Big Bird guesses that Santa Claus will arrive when Susan tells him someone will be visiting soon in Episode 0730 of Sesame Street; it turns out to be skywriter Alphabet Bates.
  • An AM farmer (Jerry Nelson) in a season 7 edition of "The People in Your Neighborhood" (First: Episode 0892) asks Bob, "Did you know that Santa Claus is a farmer? ... He's always saying, “ho, ho, ho!”"
  • Grover uses Santa Claus as one of his selling points when trying to sell snow to Kermit in a 1976 Sesame Street sketch (First: Episode 0848).
  • In Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Oscar asks Big Bird and Patty how Santa Claus can deliver presents on Christmas Eve if he can't fit through the narrow chimneys on Sesame Street. Kermit and Grover interview various kids on the subject trying to help solve the mystery. Eventually, Big Bird decides to stay up all night on the roof to wait for Santa Claus. Although jingle bells and footsteps are heard when Big Bird falls asleep, Santa Claus is not actually seen. Meanwhile, Cookie Monster tries repeatedly to write a letter to Santa Claus, and speaks to him by shouting into his belly after having eaten the telephone on which he had dialed Santa's number.
  • Big Bird writes a book called "How to Laugh" in Sesame Street Episode 2437. One example is "The Santa Claus Laugh" which he and the kids demonstrate.
  • When Big Bird realizes that every grown-up was once a little kid in Sesame Street Episode 2621, he notes that that applies to Santa Claus as well.
  • Benny Rabbit uses the lack of Santa Claus nearby as evidence for the fact that it's not Christmas in Sesame Street Episode 3409.
  • In Muppets from Space, Gonzo hears a voice outside his window when he wakes up. Approaching, he asks, "Rizzo?" Rizzo replies, "No, it's Santa. But I forgot my reindeer."
  • A betting form posted on the door of Pepe's stateroom aboard Disney Cruise Line's ship, the Disney Fantasy, lists Sandy Claws as one of the competitors of Pepe's Crab Races.

Connections

The following actors, who have appeared in Muppet/Henson productions, have portrayed Santa in other film or television appearances.

  • Ed Asner voiced Santa in The Story of Santa Claus (1996, TV) and Olive the Other Reindeer (1999, TV) and appeared on camera as Santa in The Ellen Show (2001, TV) and Elf (2003, film).
  • Fred Astaire played Santa in The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (TV, 1979).
  • John Astin voiced Santa in an episode of Higglytown Heroes (2004, TV)
  • Mel Brooks voiced Santa in an episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (2002, TV).
  • David Canary played Santa in Secret Santa (1994, TV).
  • Art Carney reprised the role of Santa in The Night They Saved Christmas (1984, TV).
  • Charles Durning played Santa in several TV movies: It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989), Mrs. Santa Claus (1996), Mr. St. Nick (2002), and A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004).
  • Gilbert Gottfried voiced Santa in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas (2005, TV)
  • John Goodman voiced Santa in the direct-to-video specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) and It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (2012), a Robot Santa in Futurama (1999, TV), and played the part in The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006, TV).
  • James Earl Jones voiced Santa Claus in an episode of Recess (1997, TV)
  • Bruce Kirby played Santa in A Different Kind of Christmas (1996, TV)
  • Kermit Love appeared as Santa on the December 1982, 1984 and 1985 covers of New York
  • Stuart Pankin played Santa in an episode of The Hughleys (1998, TV)
  • Gerry Parkes played a retiring Santa Claus in Must Be Santa (1999, TV)
  • Austin Pendleton played a street corner Santa in Christmas with the Cranks (2004, film)
  • William Shatner voiced Santa in It's a Very Merry Eek's-mas (1993, TV)
  • Hal Smith voiced Santa in numerous Hanna-Barbera Christmas specials from 1964 to 1993
  • Jeffrey Tambor voiced Santa in The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007)
  • Peter Ustinov played Santa in Julie's Christmas Special (1973, TV)
  • Frank Welker voiced Santa in A Chipmunk Christmas (1981, TV) and Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992, TV)
  • George Wendt played Santa in A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All (2008, TV)

Sources

  1. ↑ Interview with the Muppet Mindset. Joseph Bailey. December 20, 2011
  2. ↑ Ryan Dillon on Instagram

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