Many characters have dressed as Santa Claus and/or attempted to impersonate him in some way in various Christmas specials. These particular characters are listed here.
Characters playing Santa
Characters dressing up as Santa to play the role (such as at a department store or a Christmas party). This also includes characters filling in for the real Santa on Christmas Eve.
| Picture | Character | Performer | Feature | Year | Notes |
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit | Empty Socks | 1927 | ||
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Mickey Mouse | Voiced by Walt Disney |
Mickey Mouse | 1931; 1933 | Mickey plays the role of Santa for orphan kittens in Mickey's Orphans and later delivers presents to a poor family in Mickey's Good Deed. |
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Grampy | Voiced by Jack Mercer |
Christmas Comes But Once a Year | 1936 | Grampy plays the role of Santa in order to cheer up the orphans. |
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Woody Woodpecker | Voiced by Billy West |
Woody Woodpecker | 1944; 1999 | Woody dressed as Santa to take back stolen gifts from Buzz Buzzard in A Very Woody Christmas. Also, he disguised as Santa to take food from the lodge in Ski for Two. |
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Popeye | Voiced by Jack Mercer |
Mister and Mistletoe | 1955 | After foiling Bluto, Popeye dresses as Santa, only to be recognized by his nephews. |
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Phones | Voiced by Robert Easton |
Stingray: "A Christmas to Remember" | 1964 | Phones disguised as Santa Claus. |
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Fred Flintstone | Voiced by Alan Reed (1960-1977); Henry Corden (1977-2005) |
The Flintstones | 1964; 1977; 1993 | Fred works as a department store Santa and ends up filling in for the real Santa in "Christmas Flintstone". This idea was repeated for the special A Flintstone Christmas. Fred is also hired to play Santa at a parade in A Flintstone Family Christmas. |
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Jeff Tracy | Voiced by Peter Dyneley |
Thunderbirds: "Give Or Take a Million" | 1966 | |
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Ebenezer Scrooge | Albert Finney | Scrooge | 1970 | After being reformed by the Ghosts, Scrooge portrays Santa for the Cratchit family. |
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Custard | Voiced by Richard Briers |
Roobarb: "When It Was Christmas" | 1974 | Custard (disguises as Father Christmas) enters at Roobarb’s Christmas party after Roobarb has eaten the feast he made. |
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The Pink Panther | Voiced by Matt Frewer |
The Pink Panther | 1978; 1994 | |
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Yosemite Sam | Voiced by Mel Blanc |
Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol | 1979 | After being spooked by "the Ghost of Christmas" (actually a disguised Bugs Bunny), Yosemite Sam (temporarily) reforms and gives out money, dressed as Santa. |
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The Tasmanian Devil | Voiced by Mel Blanc (1979) and Jim Cummings (1993) |
Looney Tunes | 1979; 1993 | Taz has dressed as Santa twice - in the special Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales and in the Taz-Mania episode "No Time for Christmas". |
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Milton | Voiced by Red Buttons |
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | 1979 | Milton dresses as Santa Claus as part of a performance at the Circus by the Sea. |
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Yogi Bear | Voiced by Daws Butler |
Yogi Bear | 1980; 1982 | Yogi plays the role of Santa at the Jellystone Lodge's Christmas party in Yogi's First Christmas. In Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper, he disguises himself as a mall Santa while hiding out in the department store. |
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Alvin Seville | Voiced by Ross Bagdasarian Jr. |
A Chipmunk Christmas | 1981 | |
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Prince Adam / He-Man | Voiced by John Erwin |
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special | 1985 | |
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Babar the Elephant | Voiced by James Bradford |
Babar and Father Christmas | 1986 | |
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Two-Headed Monster | Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson | A Muppet Family Christmas | 1987 | The Two-Headed Monster plays St. Nicholas in the Sesame Street gang's stage performance of The Night Before Christmas. |
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Doc | Gerry Parkes | Doc appears as Santa at the end of the special, passing out presents. | ||
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Homer Simpson | Voiced by Dan Castellaneta |
The Simpsons | 1989; 1999; 2000; 2003; 2013 | Homer gets a job as a mall Santa in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He dresses up as Santa again to help Bart and Lisa save Christmas in "Grift of the Magi". He also dresses as Santa when stealing Ned Flanders' presents for everyone in "'Tis the Fifteenth Season". Homer also dressed up as Santa again for the Thanksgiving Day parade in "Homer vs. Dignity" and again in "White Christmas Blues". |
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Barney Gumble | Voiced by Dan Castellaneta |
The Simpsons | 1989; 2013 | Barney gets a job as a mall Santa as well in "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", and also appears as Santa in "White Christmas Blues" and its opening sequence. |
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Louie the Ape | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
TaleSpin: "A Jolly Molly Christmas" | 1990 | Louie dresses up as Santa to make Molly believe that he exists. |
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Mario | Voiced by Walker Boone |
Super Mario World: "The Night Before Cave Christmas" | 1991 | Mario plays the role of Santa for the cave people. A Santa outfit is also one of the costumes Mario can wear in Super Mario Odyssey, and he also wore the Santa costume in two Christmas-themed event tours in Mario Kart Tour. |
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Winnie the Pooh | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too | Disguised as Santa, Pooh attempts to bring Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore the gifts that they wanted. | |
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Drake Mallard | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
Darkwing Duck: "It's a Wonderful Leaf" | Darkwing Duck, in his civilian identity, initially accidentally puts on a Santa Claus costume when he begins investigating Bushroot's crime spree, and later plays the role of Santa when giving presents to his neighbors, the Muddlefoots. Drake also dressed as Santa in a promotional Christmas-themed animation piece that aired on syndicated affiliates that carried the Disney Afternoon in 1991. | |
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Chief Quimby | Voiced by Maurice LaMarche |
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas | 1992 | Quimby disguises himself as a department store Santa to brief Inspector Gadget on his mission. |
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Chas Finster | Voiced by Michael Bell |
Rugrats: "The Santa Experience" | Chuckie Finster's dad dresses up as Santa to show his son that Santa isn't scary. | |
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Jack Skellington | Voiced by Chris Sarandon |
The Nightmare Before Christmas | 1993 | After capturing Santa, Jack dresses up as Santa himself. |
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Lucky Piquel | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
Bonkers: "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" | Bonkers D. Bobcat's human partner is picked to fill in for Santa while Bonkers searches for the real Santa. | |
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Ralph T. Guard | Voiced by Frank Welker |
Animaniacs: "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" | The Warner Bros. studio's security guard plays the role of Santa to deliver Yakko, Wakko and Dot's Christmas presents. | |
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Chicken Boo | Voiced by Frank Welker |
Animaniacs: "Jingle Boo" | ||
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George and Junior | Voiced by John Rubinow and Tony Pope |
What-a-Cartoon! Show: "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular" | 1995 | George and Junior dressed as Santa force to deliver presents. |
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Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier | Paul Schrier | Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger" | Bulk wears a Santa suit as part of his commitment as a Junior Angel Grove Police Officer, unknowingly granting a girl's wish to be reunited with her father prior to donning the suit. | |
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Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask | Voiced by Rob Paulsen |
The Mask: "Santa Mask" | ||
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Mr. Nezzer | Voiced by Phil Vischer | The Toy that Saved Christmas | 1996 | Mr. Nezzer dresses up as Santa to introduce the new toy, Buzz-Saw Louie, that gives out the "true meaning of Christmas" via commercial. |
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Kenan Rockmore | Kenan Thompson | Kenan & Kel: "Merry Christmas, Kenan" | Kenan gets a job as a department store Santa (after the original employee has an accident) so he can get enough money to buy a mountain bike. | |
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Walter | Earthworm Jim: "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls" | |||
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Johnny Bravo | Voiced by Jeff Bennett |
Johnny Bravo: "Twas the Night" | 1997 | After accidentally clobbering Santa (whom he mistook for a burglar), Johnny fills in for him. |
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Detective Bullock | Voiced by Robert Costanzo |
The New Batman Adventures: "Holiday Knights" | ||
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I.M. Weasel | Voiced by Michael Dorn |
Cow and Chicken / I Am Weasel: "Happy Baboon Holidays" | ||
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Dexter's Dad | Voiced by Jeff Bennett |
Dexter's Laboratory: "Dexter Vs. Santa's Claws" | 1998 | Dexter believes that Santa is really his dad wearing a costume. |
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Itchy | Voiced by Dom DeLuise |
An All Dogs Christmas Carol | ||
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Randall Weems | Voiced by Ryan O'Donohue |
Recess: "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" | ||
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Mayor Fitzhugh | Voiced by Ronnie Schell |
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Mikey Blumberg | Voiced by Jason Davis |
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Archibald the Detective | Voiced by Richard Griffiths |
Archibald the Koala | Archibald dresses up as Santa Claus every Christmas. | |
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Bob the Builder | Voiced by Neil Morrissey (UK) William Dufris (US) |
"Bob's White Christmas" | 1999 | Bob will dress up as Father Christmas for the local school carol concert. But he loses time when Farmer Pickles gets snowed in. |
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Goofy | Voiced by Bill Farmer |
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas & Mickey and the Roadster Racers: "Happy Holiday Helpers" | 1999; 2017 | Goofy dresses up as Santa for a poor family. He dressed as Santa again in "Happy Holiday Helpers". |
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Max Goof | Voiced by Shaun Fleming |
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | 1999 | Goofy's son dresses up as Santa to cheer his father up. |
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Pumbaa Smith | Voiced by Ernie Sabella |
Timon & Pumbaa: "Don't Be Elfish" & The Lion Guard: "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas" | 1999; 2017 | Pumbaa gets a job as a mall Santa with Timon as his assistant. He also dressed as “Dandy Claws” in "Timon and Pumbaa's Christmas". |
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Squidward Tentacles | Voiced by Rodger Bumpass |
SpongeBob SquarePants: "Christmas Who?" | 2000 | After SpongeBob is unhappy that Santa did not come to Bikini Bottom for Christmas, Squidward (who previously refused to believe in Santa) dresses up as Santa to cheer him up and ends up giving away everything in his house. |
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Buzz Lightyear | Voiced by Patrick Warburton |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: "Holiday Time" | Buzz gets into the | |
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Hogan | Digimon Adventure 02: "Digimon World Tour, Part 2" | 2001 | ||
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Tom | Voiced by Stephen Tompkinson (UK) Alan Marriott (US) |
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember | After his arrival in Bobsville, Tom wears Bob's Santa suit to greet everyone at the town hall and surprise Bob with his presence after previously failing to get a boat from the North Pole to Bobsville. | |
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Bender Bending Rodriguez | Voiced by John DiMaggio |
Futurama: "A Tale of Two Santas" | Bender attempts to give out gifts but ultimately fails this task because people mistake him for the evil Robot Santa he's filling in for. | |
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Lou Pickles | Voiced by Joe Alaskey |
Rugrats: "Babies In Toyland" | 2002 | Tommy and Dil Pickles' paternal grandfather plays the role of Santa at the Christmasland park after Angelica drives away the man previously hired to play Santa. |
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Tohru | Voiced by Noah Nelson |
Jackie Chan Adventures: "A Jolly J-Team Xmas" | Jade and Paco help Tohru fill in for Santa by delivering presents. | |
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Ned Flanders | Voiced by Harry Spearer |
The Simpsons: "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" | 2003 | |
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Splinter | Voiced by Darren Dunstan |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "The Christmas Aliens" | 2004 | |
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Rudy Tabootie | Voiced by E.G. Daily |
ChalkZone: "When Santas Collide" | Rudy fills in for one of the injured ChalkZone Santas. | |
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Coco | Voiced by Candi Milo |
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "A Lost Claus" | 2005 | Coco gets a job as a mall Santa to pay for a vacation home. |
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Daffy Duck | Voiced by Joe Alaskey |
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas | 2006 | |
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Grandpa Max | Voiced by Paul Eiding |
Ben 10: "Merry Christmas" | Mr. Jingles traps Max and transformed into Santa and controls him with his joystick. | |
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Shrek | Voiced by Mike Myers |
Shrek the Halls | 2007 | Shrek tells his version of The Night Before Christmas. |
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Stan Smith | Voiced by Seth MacFarlane |
American Dad! | Stan dressed as Santa in "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" and again in "Seasons Beatings". | |
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Principal Kidswatter | Voiced by Kedar Brown |
Wayside: "A Wayside Christmas" | The principal of Wayside School dressed as Santa Claus giving the cow some hay and putting on Reindeer Antlers. | |
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Jerry Lewis | Voiced by Adrian Truss |
Totally Spies: "Ho-ho-ho-no!" | 2008 | Jerry dressed as Santa and gives presents to the spies after they defeated the culprit and stop the blizzard he made. |
| File:8CB7CD9A-21CD-4E52-A221-5CF636772757.jpeg | Oggy | Oggy and the Cockroaches: "Santa Oggy" | Oggy replaces Santa to help him deliver presents while Santa pretends to be very sick. | ||
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Cleveland Brown | Voiced by Mike Henry |
The Cleveland Show: "A Cleveland Brown Christmas" | 2009 | Cleveland plays Santa and has too much eggnog, thus slipping out an embarrassing note about one of his children. |
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Robert Tubbs (far right) |
Voiced by Corey Holcomb |
Robert dressed as Santa in attempt to give back his biological son’s faith. | ||
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The Fat Controller | Voiced by Keith Wickham |
Thomas & Friends | 2010 - 2013 | Henry finds the Fat Controller dressed up as Father Christmas in "Henry's Magic Box", and the Fat Controller dresses up as Father Christmas again in "Santa's Little Engine" to greet the children at Ulfstead Castle. Also in Merry Misty Island, Percy the Snowman and Salty's Surprise. |
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Brian and Stewie Griffin | Both voiced by Seth MacFarlane |
Family Guy presents "Road to the North Pole" | 2010 | Brian and Stewie attempt to fill in for Santa. |
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The Farmer | Voiced by John Sparkes |
Shaun the Sheep: "We Wish Ewe A Merry Christmas" | The Farmer gives Bitzer and the flock of sheep their presents while wearing a Santa suit. | |
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Chief Herbert Dumbrowski | Voiced by Daran Norris |
T.U.F.F. Puppy: "A Doomed Christmas" | 2011 | The Chief plays Santa at T.U.F.F.'s Christmas party. |
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Scooby-Doo | Voiced by Frank Welker |
Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays | 2012 | |
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Stella | Voiced by Amy Gross |
Winx Club: "A Magix Christmas" | When Bloom was homesick on Christmas, Stella (dressed as Santa) and the other Winx celebrate Christmas here at Alfia. | |
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Timmy Turner | Drake Bell | A Fairly Odd Christmas | After accidentally injuring the real Santa, Timmy has to fill in for him. | |
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Jack | Oggy and the Cockroaches: "North-Pole Panic" | After the cockroaches kidnapped Santa, the elf ordered Jack to fill in for him until Oggy and Olivia saved Santa. | ||
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Kendra Krinklesac | Voiced by Aseem Batra |
The Cleveland Show: "'Tis the Cleveland To Be Sorry" | ||
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Tom Cat | Voiced by Harry E. Lang and William Hanna |
The Tom and Jerry Show: "The Plight Before Christmas" | 2014 | After Tom accidentally turns Santa into a gingerbread man, Tom and Jerry helped him to deliver the presents. |
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Penn Zero | Voiced by Thomas Middleditch |
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero: "North Pole Down" | Penn goes as Santa Claus in order to save Christmas for all the world. | |
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Mall Santa | Dankin Matthews | The Big Bang Theory: "The Clean Room Infiltration" | Sheldon goes to the mall and buys a picture of himself sitting on Santa Claus's lap in order to punish Amy for making him go to a Christmas party. | |
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Pickle | Voiced by Jon Heder |
Pickle and Peanut: "Springtime for Christmas" | 2015 | Pickle dressed as Santa in the role of “Supermarket Santa” for Christmas at Mjärt Mart. |
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Mr. Grouse | Voiced by John DiMaggio |
The Loud House: "11 Louds a Leapin'" | 2016 | The Louds' crotchety neighbor, in gratitude for them making his Christmas happy, dresses as Santa to leave gifts for them, including giving his old sled to Lincoln. He would dress up as Santa again in the episode "The Whole Picture". |
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Robin | Voiced by Scott Menville |
Teen Titans Go!: "Teen Titans Save Christmas" | After Santa Claus is driven to quit, the Teen Titans' leader takes on the job. | |
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Benson | Voiced by Sam Marin |
Regular Show: "Christmas in Space" | In Mordecai and Rigby’s story, Benson dressed as Santa to give gifts to his employees (except for Pops). | |
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Peter Griffin | Voiced by Seth MacFarlane |
Family Guy | Peter fills in for the mall Santa in "How the Griffin Stole Christmas" and again in "Christmas is Coming". | |
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Danny Dog | Voiced by Joshua Morris |
Peppa Pig: "Father Christmas" | 2017 | Danny dressed up as Father Christmas for the playgroup's Christmas play. |
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Jet Propulsion | Voiced by Ashleigh Ball |
Ready Jet Go!: "Holidays in Boxwood Terrace" | Jet portrays Santa in his Christmas play. | |
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Harold Brown (Grandad) | Dermot O'Neill | Mrs. Brown's Boys: "Mammy's Mummy" | Dermot and Buster run a Santa's Grotto with Grandad dressed as Father Christmas. | |
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Flip | Voiced by John DiMaggio |
The Loud House: "A Flipmas Carol" | 2020 | The owner of Flip's Food & Fuel dresses as Santa when making up for swindling his customers. |
Villains
Characters impersonating Santa with evil intentions.
| Picture | Character | Performer | Feature | Year | Notes |
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Bluto | Voiced by Jackson Beck |
Mister and Mistletoe | 1955 | Popeye's rival disguises himself as Santa in an attempt to woo Olive Oyl. |
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The Grinch | Boris Karloff (TV special); Jim Carrey (live-action movie); Benedict Cumberbatch (CGI movie) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | 1966; 2000; 2018 | |
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Mr. Freeze | Voiced by Ted Knight |
The Adventures of Batman: "Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper" | 1968 | Mr. Freeze disguises himself as Santa Claus. |
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Herman the Hermit | Voiced by Don Messick |
Yogi's First Christmas | 1980 | Teaming up with Snively Throckmorton, Herman tries to ruin the Jellystone Lodge's Christmas carnival by stealing their ornaments. |
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Texas Pete | Voiced by Gari Williams (Welsh); Victor Spinetti (English) |
SuperTed: "SuperTed Meets Father Christmas" | 1984 | Texas Pete, along with Bulk and Skeleton disguise themselves as Father Christmas and rob children of their presents on Christmas Eve. |
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Muffet | Voiced by Jennifer Darling |
Christmas in Tattertown | 1988 | Muffet dresses up as Santa as part of her scheme to take over Tattertown. |
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Bowser Koopa | Voiced by Harvey Atkin |
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: "Koopa Klaus" | 1989 | Mario's nemesis dresses as Santa as part of his plan to freeze Santa's workshop. His game counterpart would notably also wear a Santa costume in the Winter 2020 Tour event in Mario Kart Tour. |
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Dr. Reginald Bushroot | Voiced by Tino Insana |
Darkwing Duck: "It's a Wonderful Leaf" | 1991 | Bushroot masquerades as a mall Santa. |
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Dr. Claw | Voiced by Frank Welker |
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas | 1992 | |
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The Brain | Voiced by Maurice LaMarche |
Animaniacs: "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" | 1993 | Dressed as Santa, the Brain plans to hijack Santa's sleigh for his world domination plans. |
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Multiple Santas | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
The Tick: "The Tick Loves Santa!" |
1995 | A bank robber steals a Santa Claus suit from a Salvation Army-type bell-ringer in a failed attempt to evade police. As he tries to escape, he runs face first into an electric billboard, but instead of dying, inadvertently creates a gang of evil Santa duplicates. |
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Dr. Robotnik | Voiced by Long John Baldry |
Sonic Christmas Blast | 1996 | Sonic the Hedgehog's nemesis calls himself Robotnik Claus and demands that all the children on Mobius give presents to him for Christmas. He also dressed up as Santa Claus to steal presents from Chao in a Chao Garden in the online short "Chao in Space". |
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James (Kojiro) | Voiced by Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese); Eric Stuart (English) |
Pokémon: "Holiday Hi-Jynx" | 1998 | James dresses as Santa to help Jessie practice trapping the real Santa. |
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Pete | Voiced by Jim Cummings |
House of Mouse: "Pete's Christmas Caper" | 2002 | Pete steals the presents that the House of Mouse staff plans to exchange. |
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Zim | Voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz |
Invader Zim: "The Most Horrible Xmas Ever" | ||
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Captain Gantu | Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson |
Lilo & Stitch: "Topper" | 2003 | |
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Robbie Rotten | Stefán Karl Stefánsson | LazyTown: "LazyTown's Surprise Santa" | 2005 | While trying to turn the town's Christmas party into a snowball fight, Robbie uses a Santa disguise to steal everyone's presents. |
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General Skarr | Voiced by Armin Shimmerman |
Billy & Mandy Save Christmas | The general from Evil Con Carne gets a job as a mall Santa. | |
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Tobe | Voiced by Lee Tockar |
Pucca: "Secret Santa" | 2006 | |
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Michael Kenworthy | Randle Mell | Monk: "Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus" | 2007 | Crooked parole officer Michael Kenworthy disguises himself as Santa to throw toys to the public in order to divert attention from the theft of a priceless diamond at a nearby museum carried out by the shady ex-cons under his supervision. |
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The Chameleon | Voiced by Daran Norris |
T.U.F.F. Puppy: "A Doomed Christmas" | 2011 | The Chameleon disguises himself as Santa and tricks the agents of T.U.F.F. into letting him use one of their transport tubes so he, Snaptrap, and Bird Brain can get to the North Pole. |
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Hannibal McFist | Voiced by John DiMaggio |
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja: "Silent Punch, Deadly Punch" | 2012 | Hannibal McFist is dressed up as Santa Claus for the holiday party at McFist Industries and has snatched up the sacred Skunk-Pine. When Randy Cunningham (as the Norrisville Ninja) goes to retrieve the Skunk-Pine's sap for more smoke bombs, McFist's robot snowman and mechanical elves try to stop him. |
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James Jesse/The Trickster | Mark Hamill | The Flash: "Running to Stand Still" | 2015 | The Trickster disguises himself as Santa in order to distribute bombs across the city in the form of wrapped gifts. |
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Sideshow Bob | Kelsey Grammer | The Simpsons: "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" | 2019 | Sideshow Bob gets contracted as this year's mall Santa. |
Miscellaneous
Characters wearing a Santa Claus costume for other reasons, such as working for the Salvation Army.
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Donald Duck | Voiced by Clarence Nash |
Toy Tinkers | 1949 | Donald dresses up as Santa as part of a trick he is pulling on Chip and Dale. |
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Mr. French | Sebastian Cabot | Family Affair: "Christmas Came a Little Early" | 1968 | Mr. French plays Santa Claus for the children. |
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Mr. Snuffleupagus | Voiced by Jerry Nelson |
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | 1978 | Big Bird's best friend assumes the role in an attempt to demonstrate how someone as large as Santa can fit down a tiny chimney. |
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Mitsumo "Arnold" Takahashi | Pat Morita | Happy Days: "All I Want for Christmas" | 1982 | |
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Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble | Voiced by Henry Corden and Mel Blanc |
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper | 1982 | Fred and Barney (who have somehow time-travelled from the past) dress in Santa suit as street corner Santas to raise money for the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes' Christmas party for some children back in Bedrock. |
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Zeke Midas Wolf | Voiced by Will Ryan |
Mickey's Christmas Carol | 1983 | The nemesis of the Three Little Pigs is ironically shown working as a Salvation Army Santa. |
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Bones | Voiced by Bart Braverman |
Saturday Supercade: "A Christmas Story" | 1983 | |
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Scooby-Doo | Voiced by Don Messick |
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries: "The Nutcracker Scoob" | 1984 | Scooby dresses as Santa in an attempt to capture the ghost. |
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Kermit the Frog | Voiced by Jim Henson |
The Christmas Toy | 1986 | Kermit arrives dressed as Santa at the beginning to tell the story after climbing down the chimney. (His scenes were unfortunately cut from the DVD and Netflix releases, as well as the Hub Network's broadcasts, but were reinstated for the 2019 Amazon Prime release.) |
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Gordon "ALF" Shumway | Voiced by Paul Fusco |
ALF's Special Christmas | 1987 | |
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Rolf Harris | Himself | Australian Christmas | 1989 | |
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Mr. Knack | Voiced by Brian Muehl |
Christmas at Eureeka's Castle | 1990 | Mr. Knack dresses up as Santa for the castle's Christmas play. |
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Count Duckula | Voiced by David Jason |
Count Duckula: "A Christmas Quacker" | 1990 | Duckula along with Igor and Nanny, as well as Dr. Von Goosewing and The Crow brothers all dress in Santa costumes in their own ways. |
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Snoopy | Voiced by Bill Melendez |
Peanuts | 1992; 2002; 2003 | Snoopy is shown working as a Salvation Army Santa in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales and I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown. |
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Porkchop | Voiced by Fred Newman |
Doug: "Doug's Christmas Story" | 1993 | |
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Sylvester and Hector | Voiced by Joe Alaskey and Frank Welker |
The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries: "It Happened One Night Before Christmas" | 1995 | Sylvester, standing on Hector's shoulders, poses as Santa in order to distract Freddy Totter while they retrieve evidence that he stole a money envelope. |
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Emmitt Nervend | Freakazoid!: "In Arms Way" | 1995 | In one of his many cameos, Emmitt appears as a Salvation Army Santa. | |
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Butt-Head | Voiced by Mike Judge |
Beavis and Butt-Head: "Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas" | 1995 | Butt-head dresses like Santa during "Letters to Santa Butt-head" segments, while Beavis is dressed as a reindeer. |
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Cookie Monster | Frank Oz | Elmo Saves Christmas | 1996 | Cookie Monster dresses up as Santa in an attempt to trick Elmo out of his plate of cookies. |
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Sabrina Spellman | Melissa Joan Hart | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: "A Girl and Her Cat" and "Sabrina Claus" | 1996; 1997 | When Salem was kidnapped by a small kid, Sabrina disguised as Santa to get him back. Also, She fill in for Bob to deliver the presents. |
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Father Time | Voiced by Frank Welker |
Histeria!: "The Banks of the Delaware River" | 1998 | Father Time is shown working as a Salvation Army Santa. |
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Len Pond | Voiced by Brian Murphy |
Pond Life: "Christmas" | 2000 | |
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Wally Walrus | Voiced by Billy West |
The New Woody Woodpecker Show: "The Twelve Lies of Christmas" | 2001 | Wally was kidnapped by Buzz Buzzard and Tweaky and dressed him up in a Santa suit in order to get their ransom. |
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Timmy Turner | Voiced by Tara Strong |
The Fairly OddParents: "Christmas Every Day!" | 2001; 2011 | Timmy wears a Santa suit as he sings "I Wish Every Day Could Be Christmas". He also disguises himself as Santa when infiltrating his neighbor's house in the episode "Operation: Dinkleberg". |
| File:40596702-86DA-4EF5-A259-E4C9D1CDDB90.jpeg | Bob Fish | Voiced by Brian George |
Bob and Margaret: "A Very Fishy Christmas" | 2001 | |
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Mickey Mouse | Voiced by Wayne Allwine |
House of Mouse: "Clarabelle's Christmas List" | 2002 | Mickey dresses up as Santa again in the opening scene of the episode. |
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Wade | Voiced by Tahj Mowry |
Kim Possible: "A Very Possible Christmas" | 2003 | Wade dresses up as Santa Claus in an attempt to wish Kim and the Possible family a Merry Christmas, but Ron picks up her Kimmunicator instead. |
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Jasper Beardly | Voiced by Harry Shearer |
The Simpsons | 2006; 2008; 2010 | Jasper dressed as Santa at the salvation army from Lisa’s dream in "The Fight Before Christmas". He also appeared in a Santa costume in the Christmas opening sequence in both "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" and "The Burns and the Bees". |
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Dick Daring | Voiced by Daran Norris |
The Replacements: "Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular 5" | 2008 | The patriarch of the Daring family dresses like Santa as part of his annual Christmas special. |
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Local | Claude-Henri Breton | The Velveteen Rabbit | 2008 | After Grandmother Ellen puts his angel topper for their Christmas tree, she just brought, in her car, Toby sees a local Santa Claus. She asks to Toby what does he want to him, and Toby wants his father to his grandmother's house for Christmas. She mentions him in specializing in things that easily fit into his bag like books, toys and puzzles, and granted him to not hurt to ask. However, Toby's wish finally granted when he tries out the bike from the attic. |
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Hilly Burford | Voiced by John DiMaggio |
Back at the Barnyard: "It's an Udderful Life" | 2009 | Hilly dresses up as St. Nick and hands out toast. |
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Roger Smith | Voiced by Seth MacFarlane |
American Dad!: "Rapture's Delight" | 2009; 2016 | Roger wears a Santa suit as part of the "Roger's disguise" variant gag in the episode's opening sequence. He also dressed as Santa in "Gifted Me Liberty". |
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Mr. Turner | Daran Norris | A Fairly Odd Christmas | 2012 | Timmy's dad appears to be working as a Salvation Army Santa, with Mrs. Turner assisting him, though they don't actually seem to realize that it's Christmas until their son tells them. |
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Cosmo and Wanda | Voiced by Daran Norris and Susanne Blakeslee |
Timmy's fairy godparents are shown wearing Santa costumes during the party at the end. | ||
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Dez | Calum Worthy | Austin & Ally: "Mix-Ups & Mistletoes" | 2013 | Dez volunteers to play Santa Claus for a children's charity event held at the beach club Trish works at. |
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Chuck | John Paul Green | Chuck gets into one of his competitive moods and vows to prove he's a better Santa Claus than Dez. | ||
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Harvey Beaks | Voiced by Max Charles |
Harvey Beaks: "It's Christmas, You Dorks!" | 2016 | In the episode's intro sequence, one of the still images shows Harvey playing the role of Santa. |
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Krusty the Clown | Voiced by Dan Castellaneta |
The Simpsons: "The Nightmare After Krustmas" | 2016 | Krusty dressed in a Santa suit for the opening of his television special. |
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Vinnie Dakota | Voiced by Dan Povenmire |
Milo Murphy's Law: "A Christmas Peril" | 2017 | Dakota disguises himself as Santa when traveling back in time to prevent the argument that ended his and Cavendish's friendship. |
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Bugs Bunny | Voiced by Jeff Bergman |
The Looney Tunes Show: "A Christmas Carol" and New Looney Tunes: "Tis the Seasoning" | 2012; 2017 | In "A Christmas Carol", Bugs puts on a Santa costume for his role in Lola Bunny's in-name-only stage production of A Christmas Carol. In "Tis the Seasoning", he disguises himself as Santa to trick Yosemite Sam while battling him over the last E-Z Cook Acorn. |
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Baymax | Voiced by Scott Adsit |
Big Hero 6: The Series: "The Present" | 2019 | Baymax dresses as Santa for Fred in one of the "Baymax and..." shorts. |
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Brian Griffin | Voiced by Seth McFarlane |
Family Guy: "Christmas is Coming" | 2019 | Brian dressed as Santa (again) to stop Stewie from being scared of Santa. |
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George Bramley | Voiced by Abraham Benrubi |
It's Pony: "Bramley Holiday" | 2020 | George wears a Santa costume when he and his family try to get to Cliffton to visit his mother by sneaking onto a touring group's bus. |
