My Favorite Santa Claus

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Old Saint Nick. Kris Kringle. Father Christmas. Santa Claus. The most beloved icon of the holiday season (well, him and a rollback sale at Wal-Mart). Traditionally, he'll always be the guy we think of when we think "Christmas cheer". Of course, we're not the perverts - I mean "interpretationalists" (hey, Bush has five weeks left in office, give me this) - of the rest of the world. Take a gander...

Traditional Santa Claus

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The big guy we all love. His belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly. He slides down the chimney. He flies a sleigh with eight tiny reindeer (take a hike Rudolph, ya freak of nature). This is the Santa everyone wants: lovable, kind, and always chock full of toys and coal.

Grinch Santa Claus

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No Christmas is complete without someone to almost kill everybody’s buzz. Look no further than Mr. Grinch himself. A real jerk: just because the dude hates Christmas, everybody else has got to miserable, too. Kind of sounds like that annoying kid sister back home from her first semester at college: all emo and disillusioned.

Rasta Santa Claus

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Rasta Santa, mon… you know what? Never mind.

Evil Robot Santa Claus

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Best remembered by his appearance on Futurama, Evil Robot Santa Claus is the jolliest psychopath you ever met. His programming sets the precedent of human behavior unrealistically high, meaning everybody is naughty – MEANING EVERYBODY DIES!!!!

Superhero Santa Claus

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Fighting crime in the North Pole and then getting home in time to make some new socks for Batman.

Santa and Batman

Yup, it happened. Thanks 1960s camp television sensibilities. And thank YOU Adam West for that trademark “wokka-wokka” aside.

Tim Allen

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I’m still trying to figure this one out…

Homer Simpson Claus

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Expect only the best idiotic holiday antics from Homer Claus. Of course, he always does have the best intentions. Often though, the best intentions end in: someone on fire, someone chased by rabid wolves, someone getting a discount DVD from the supermarket, or a new dog from the racetrack. “Ho, Ho, D’oh!”

 

Corporate Shill Santa Claus

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Santa sold out, Virginia. Since the 1930s, Coca Cola has used Jolly Old Saint Nick to pitch sugar water around the holidays. How he gets along with those damn adorable Polar Bears is anyone’s guess.

Horny Santa Claus

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Somewhere, in the span of our cultural history, a smutmonger is laughing atop a big pile of money. I guess it was only a matter of time before you take something as pure and innocent as Santa Claus and porn it up (I mean, look at what happened to poor Kim Kardashian). Anyway, it’s not my wish to envision Santa as a dirty old man, but I guess somewhere, someone wants to see that. Weird.

Indian Santa Claus

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Even the Hindus, Muslims, and Eastern Christian dig the guy in red. Sure, he maybe the cultural icon that sticks out like a sore thumb in New Delhi, but that doesn’t mean he’s unwelcome.

Manga Claus

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Stealthy, quiet, focus – like a tiger waiting in the reeds – Manga Claus executes his tasks with a deadly precision. He travels the world giving presents to good boys and girls, and slipping coal into the stockings naughty ones. He’s so fast, no one can even see him. For some odd reason though, every conversation he has looks like he’s screaming and sweating at once.

Yoda Claus, the Christmas Jedi

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“Yes, yes – Yoda even kids bring toys to.” Did that sound bad? Yeah, well, Yoda speak was never my forte in the Star Wars universe. Anyway, while he’s not training a new generation of Jedi Knights, apparently Yoda even gets into the Christmas spirit. This artwork was also marketed with the Christmas Jedi action figure. Remember when this was the worst thing George Lucas could do to Star Wars? Sigh…

Actually, Santa Yoda wasn't the worst...

Anyone still pointing fingers at the prequel trilogy, I give you: highlights from The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Zombie Santa Claus

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Brains, brains… certainly brings new meaning to being bad or good. Because as long as you’ve got a fresh brain, this Santa doesn’t care. Grab your shotgun, you can use the body for kindling the fireplace.

A Week of Kindness Santa

A few years ago, the New York sketch comedy group A Week of Kindness did a send-up of “The Michael Richards incident” with Santa Claus and made it viral. Here’s their version of the David Letterman apology. You can view their satire of the incident here (NSFW, just warning you)…

Intergalatic conquistador Santa Claus

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In the words of Yakko Warner, Mmmmmwah – good night everybody! Happy Holidays!

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Discussions

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awesome!

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What’s not to get about Tim Allen as Santa? He was great. The Rudolf Santa was rather mean. He totally blew off Rudolf because of a shining nose, come on now the real Santa wouldn’t do that.

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I'm a writer and comedian living in Brooklyn. You may've seen me around town at The Peoples Improv Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and Under St. Marks. I write funny stuff and maintain the blog, Sssh, don't tell anybody, but every single female Guidetripper and Maven is crushing on m...