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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
MickeysOrphans-MickeyAsSanta
Mickey Mouse Voiced by
Walt Disney
Mickey's Orphans; Mickey's Good Deed 1931; 1933 Mickey plays the role of Santa for orphan kittens in both shorts.
PopeyeAsSanta
Popeye Voiced by
Jack Mercer
Mister and Mistletoe 1955 After foiling Bluto, Popeye dresses as Santa, only to be recognized by his nephews.
FredAsSanta
Fred Flintstone Voiced by
Alan Reed
and Henry Corden
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.
TazAsSanta
The Tasmanian Devil Voiced by
Mel Blanc (1977)
and Jim Cummings (1993)
Looney Tunes 1977; 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".
Milton as Santa
Milton Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July 1979 Milton dresses as Santa Claus as part of a performance at the Circus by the Sea.
YogiAsSanta
Yogi Bear Voiced by
Daws Butler
Yogi Bear 1980; 1983 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.
MOTU-Xmas
Prince Adam Voiced by
John Erwin
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special 1985
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Archibald the Detective Archibald the Koala Archibald dresses up as Santa Claus every Christmas.
Two-Headed Monster as Santa
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.
Doc as Santa
Doc Gerry Parkes A Muppet Family Christmas 1987 Doc appears as Santa at the end of the special, passing out presents.
Simpsons-grinch
Homer Simpson Voiced by
Dan Castellaneta
The Simpsons 1989; 1999; 2003 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".
LouieAsSanta 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.
MarioAsSanta
Mario Voiced by
Walker Boone
Super Mario World: "The Night Before Cave Christmas" 1991 Mario plays the role of Santa for the cave people.
DarkwingXmas
Darkwing Duck Voiced by
Jim Cummings
Darkwing Duck: "It's a Wonderful Leaf" 1991 Drake Mallard plays the role of Santa when giving presents to his neighbors.
PoohAsSanta
Winnie the Pooh Voiced by
Jim Cummings
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too 1991 Pooh, disguised as Santa, attempts to bring Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore the gifts that they wanted.
Chas as Santa
Chas Finster Voiced by
Michael Bell
Rugrats: "The Santa Experience" 1992
InspectorGadget
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.
LuckyAsSanta
Lucky Piquel Voiced by
Jim Cummings
Bonkers: "Miracle at the 34th Precinct" 1993
JackAsSanta Jack Skellington Voiced by
Chris Sarandon
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 After capturing Santa, Jack dresses up as Santa himself.
Ralph as Santa
Ralph T. Guard Voiced by
Frank Welker
Animaniacs: "'Twas the Day Before Christmas" 1993 Ralph plays the role of Santa when delivering Yakko, Wakko and Dot's Christmas presents.
Chicken Boo as Santa Chicken Boo Voiced by
Frank Welker
Animaniacs: "Jingle Boo" 1993
TheMaskAsSanta
Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask Voiced by
Rob Paulsen
The Mask: "Santa Mask" 1995
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Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier Paul Schrier Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: "I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger 1995 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.
Kenan as Santa
Kenan Rockmore Kenan Thompson Kenan & Kel: "Merry Christmas, Kenan" 1996 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.
Jim visiting Walter
Walter Earthworm Jim: "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls" 1996
Johnny as Santa
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.
Dexter's Dad As Santa
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.
GoofyasSanta
Goofy Voiced by
Bill Farmer
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 1999 Goofy dresses up as Santa to make Max believe that he exists.
MaxasSanta
Max Goof Voiced by
Shaun Fleming
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas 1999 Max dresses up as Santa to cheer his dad Goofy up.
PumbaaAsSanta
Pumbaa Smith Voiced by
Ernie Sabella
Timon & Pumbaa: "Don't Be Elfish" 1999
SquidwardAsSanta
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" 2000 Buzz gets into the Christmas holiday spirit by dressing up as Santa and getting people to donate money to him.
BenderAsSanta
Bender Bending Rodriguez Voiced by
John DiMaggio
Futurama: "A Tale of Two Santas" 2001 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.
LouRugrats Santa
Lou Pickles Voiced by
Joe Alaskey
Rugrats: "Babies In Toyland" 2002 Grandpa Lou plays the role of Santa at the Christmasland park after Angelica drives away the man previously hired to play Santa.
SplinterAsSanta
Splinter Voiced by
Darren Dunstan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "The Christmas Aliens" 2004
Rudy as Santa
Rudy Tabootie Voiced by
E.G. Daily
ChalkZone: "When Santas Collide" 2004
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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.
BillyMandy Santa
General Skarr Voiced by
Armin Shimmerman
Billy & Mandy Save Christmas 2005 The general from Evil Con Carne gets a job as a mall Santa.
DaffyDuck Daffy Duck Voiced by
Joe Alaskey
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas 2006
Shrek the Halls Shrek Voiced by
Mike Myers
Shrek the Halls 2007 Shrek tells his version of The Night Before Christmas.
ClevelandBrownXmas 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.
TheFatControllerasSantaClaus The Fat Controller Voiced by
Keith Wickham
Thomas and Friends: "Henry's Magic Box" 2010 Henry finds the Fat Controller dressed up as Santa.
Brian and Stewie dressed as Santa Brian and Stewie Griffin Voiced by
Seth MacFarlane
Family Guy: "Road to the North Pole" 2010
The Chief as Santa 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.
Scooby as Santa again
Scooby-Doo Voiced by
Frank Welker
Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays 2012
Timmy as Santa (live-action) Timmy Turner Drake Bell A Fairly Odd Christmas 2012 After accidentally injuring the real Santa, Timmy has to fill in for him.

Villains

Characters impersonating Santa with evil intentions.

Picture Character Performer Feature Year Notes
BlutoAsSanta
Bluto Voiced by
Jackson Beck
Mister and Mistletoe 1955 Bluto disguises himself as Santa in an attempt to woo Olive Oyl.
Grinch02
The Grinch Voiced by
Boris Karloff (TV special);
Jim Carrey (movie)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966; 2000
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Mr. Freeze The Adventures of Batman: "Cool, Cruel Christmas Caper" 1968
BowserClaus
Bowser Koopa Voiced by
Harvey Atkin
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: "Koopa Klaus" 1989 Bowser dresses as Santa as part of his plan to freeze Santa's workshop.
Dr Claw as Santa
Dr. Claw Voiced by
Frank Welker
Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas 1992
BrainAsSanta
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.
RobotnikClaus
Dr. Robotnik Voiced by
Long John Baldry
Sonic Christmas Blast 1996 Dr. Robotnik calls himself Robotnik Claus and demands that all the children on Mobius to give presents to him for Christmas.
SantaJames
James (Kojiro) of Team Rocket Voiced by
Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese);
Eric Stuart (English)
Pokémon: "Holiday Hi-Jynx" 1998 Jessie traps James (dressed in a Santa suit) to practice trapping the real Santa.
Yzma Voiced by
Eartha Kitt
The Emperor's New School: "A Giftmas Story" 2007 Yzma plans to make a new holiday called "Yzmas".
PeteAsSanta
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.
ZimPosingAsSanta
Zim Voiced by
Richard Horvitz
Invader Zim: "The Most Horrible Xmas Ever" 2002
The Chameleon as Santa
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.

Miscellaneous

Characters wearing a Santa Claus costume for miscellaneous reasons, such as working for the Salvation Army.

Picture Character Performer Feature Year Notes
DonaldAsSanta
Donald Duck Voiced by
Clarence Nash
Toy Tinkers 1949 Donald dresses up as Santa as part of a trick he's pulling on Chip and Dale.
Santasnuffy
Mr. Snuffleupagus Voiced by
Jerry Nelson
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978 Snuffy assumes the role in an attempt to demonstrate how someone as large as Santa can fit down a tiny chimney.
Scooby as Santa
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.
Kermit dressed as Santa
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 are unfortunately cut from the DVD release and The Hub's broadcasts of the special.)
ALF as Santa
ALF Voiced by
Paul Fusco
ALF's Special Christmas 1987
Mr Knack as Santa
Mr. Knack Voiced by
Brian Muehl
Christmas at Eureeka's Castle 1990 Mr. Knack dresses up as Santa for the castle's Christmas play.
Snoopy
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.
DougXmasShot
Porkchop Voiced by
Fred Newman
Doug: "Doug's Christmas Story" 1993
Emmitt Nervend as Santa
Emmitt Nervend Freakazoid!: "In Arms Way" 1995 In one of his many cameos, Emmitt appears working as a Salvation Army Santa.
CookieMonsterasSanta
Cookie Monster Frank Oz Elmo Saves Christmas 1996 Cookie Monster dresses up as Santa in order to trick Elmo out of his plate of cookies.
TimmyInSleigh
Timmy Turner Voiced by
Tara Strong
The Fairly OddParents: "Christmas Every Day!" 2001 Timmy wears a Santa suit as he sings "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day". He also disguises himself as Santa when infiltrating his neighbor's house in the episode "Operation: Dinkleberg".
MickeyAsSanta
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.
Wade as Santa
Wade Load Voiced by
Tahj Mowry
Kim Possible: "A Very Possible Christmas" 2003
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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.
ADRogersDisguiseRapture
Roger Smith Voiced by
Seth MacFarlane
American Dad!: "Rapture's Delight" 2009 Roger wears a Santa suit as part of the "Roger's disguise" variant gag in the episode's opening sequence.
Timmy's parents in A Fairly Odd Christmas
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.
Cosmo and Wanda in Santa suits
Cosmo and Wanda Daran Norris and Susanne Blakeslee A Fairly Odd Christmas 2012 Timmy's fairy godparents are shown wearing Santa costumes during the party at the end.

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