Leon Raccoon

"'I tend to be a bit.....uh, what's the word?.....jolly! Or so my friends tell me.' ~ Leon Raccoon"Leon Raccoon is a jolly soul who assists Mistletoe in finding his way home in the movie Spookley and the Christmas Kittens. In reality though, he is actually Santa Claus in disguise.

Personality
As Leon Raccoon, he is a very jolly fellow indeed! Leon is overly friendly and energetic as is shown when he first meets Mistletoe in the woods. Like any raccoon, he is shown to be a bit of a trickster and persuades the unsespecting Mistletoe into adopting three kittens. He is also very talkative and does not seem to know the concept of personel space. As Sanat Claus, however, he is still jolly though not as jolly as Leon. And he is shown a benevolent, caring, and wise character.

Appearance
Leon is a brownish-grey colored raccoon with the signature dark "mask" around his eyes. He has white fur around his mouth as well as around his eyes giving the appearance of eyebrows, and a tuft of grey fur on his chest. He has dark stripes on his tail. He has a black nose and purple eyes, and is also shown wearing a Santa hat.

Santa Claus is depicted similarly to how he is in other movies and television shows. A fat and jolly old man with a long greyish-white beard, a red suit with a white trim around the wrists, red pants, a black belt with a gold buckle around his waste, white gloves, and black boots. And of course, he wears his iconic Santa hat. Like Leon, he also has purple eyes.

Books

 * none

Movies

 * Spookley and the Christmas Kittens

Productions

 * none

Role
Leon/ Santa serves as a guiding character to Mistletoe in this movie. Santa originally found Mistletoe when he was a kitten and takes him back to the North Pole to find him a home. When Mistletoe ventures out in secret and loses his memory, Santa disguises himself as Leon to help Mistletoe. As Leon Raccoon, he was able to persuade Mistletoe into taking care of the three kittens Scat, Scram, and Shoo who are the key to finding his home. Leon also provides Mistletoe with some much needed advice that children can take to heart. "Sometimes what we want and what we need are two different things."

Trivia

 * Santa not only disguises himself as Leon, but he also took the form of the snowy owl that took Mistletoe's collar.
 * Santa Claus is mentioned in the book, but is not shown.
 * Santa set up the whole situation so that Mistletoe could find his home.