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Santa Claus is a character featured in real-world folklore associated with Christmas. The folklore surrounding the character developed throughout Europe and in the United States as an amalgamation of the story of St. Nicholas and various other seasonal folk heroes, with many aspects provided by the classic poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas". He has appeared in and been alluded to in several Deamworks stories.

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Santa Claus is a legendary character originating in Western Christianity, known for handing out gifts to children on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. He is a character inspired by a Christian bishop of Greek origin called Nicholas, who lived in the 4th century in Anatolia, in the valleys of Lycia (in present-day Turkey). He was one of the most venerated people by Christians in the Middle Ages, and his relics are still preserved today in the Basilica of Bari (Italy).

Like all of his pop culture, Santa Clause has a white beard.

Appearances[]

Animated productions[]

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Stan Francis
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Santa Claus is Comin' to Town Mickey Rooney
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Frosty the Snowman Alan Oppenheimer
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Shrek the Halls Gary Trousdale
In the Gingy's story, where he and his girlfriend Suzie watch the stars until he hears a sound. Gingy turns on his car lights and Santa Claus appears in front of them. They were scared of him and Santa roars. Santa then grabs Suzie and ate her. After that, Gingy was heartbroken.
Merry Madagacar - Santa Claus
Merry Madagascar Carl Reiner
Santa appeared in the short "Merry Madagascar".
Nicholas St. North Profile
Rise of the Guardians Alec Baldwin
Main article: Nicholas St. North

Santa, also known as Nicholas, is the leader of the guardians, and the Guardian of Wonder. He lives at the North Pole in the Ice Castle and is served by loyal North Pole natives, the Yetis (who built the castle and workshop), and the Christmas Elves. He carries a Russian accent/culture persona.

Santa Claus (Where's Waldo?)
Where's Waldo? Chris Sullivan
Santa is a minor character associated with bringing gifts on Christmas in the episode "A Wanderer's Christmas".
Santa Claus in Boss Baby
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib George Lopez
Santa appears in the special "The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus".

Trivia[]

  • For alternate information on the title character in "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town", see Kris Kringle.
  • In a parallel universe, Santa Claus is the main antagonist in Shrek the Halls, and a holiday legend. He is not nice in this one, from Gingy's point-of-view at least.
  • Because he is a well-known folk character, he appears in countless other movies, including the post-DreamWorks Aardman Animations production Arthur Christmas.

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Films: Shrek • Shrek 2 • Shrek the Third • Shrek Forever After • Puss in Boots • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish • Shrek 5

TV Specials: Shrek 4-D • Shrek the Halls • Scared Shrekless • Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos
Shows: The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Shorts: Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party • Far Far Away Idol • Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular • Thriller Night • The Pig Who Cried Werewolf • The Trident
Books: Shrek • Puss in Boots
Video Games: Shrek SuperSlam • Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing • Shrek Super Party • DreamWorks Super Star Kartz
Theatrical Plays: Shrek The Musical

Characters
Protagonists: Shrek • Fiona • Donkey • Puss in Boots • Kitty Softpaws • Perrito

Allies: Dragon • Pinocchio • Gingerbread Man • Three Little Pigs • Wolf • Three Blind Mice • Queen Lillian • King Harold • Mongo • Arthur Pendragon • Doris • Snow White • Cinderella • Sleeping Beauty • Merlin • Farkle, Fergus and Felicia • Dronkeys • Brogan • Cookie • Gretched • Dulcinea
Villains: Lord Farquaad • Thelonious • Monsieur Hood • Merry Men • Fairy Godmother • Prince Charming • Rapunzel • Captain Hook • Evil Queen • Stromboli the Puppet Master • Headless Horseman • Cyclops • Steve and Ed • Rumpelstiltskin • Fifi • Pied Piper • Griselda • Sugar • Jack & Jill • Humpty Dumpty • The Terror • Bloodwolf • "Big" Jack Horner • Death • Goldilocks • Three Bears (Papa Bear • Mama Bear • Baby Bear) • Serpent Sisters
Others: Magic Mirror • Mister Geppetto • Peter Pan • Little Red Riding Hood • Little Mermaid • Muffin Man • Mabel • Sir Lancelot • Butter Pants • Imelda • Timmy • Perla • Gonzalo • Alessandra Belagomba • The Sphinx • Callista • Fartholomew Fishflinger • Doctor • Mama Luna • Talking Cricket • Phoenix

Cast
Main: Cameron Diaz (Fiona) • Eddie Murphy (Donkey) • Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots) • Rupert Everett (Prince Charming) • Harvey Guillén (Perrito)

Secondary: Cody Cameron (Pinocchio/Three Little Pigs) • Conrad Vernon (Gingerbread Man/additional voices) • Christopher Knights (Blind Mice/Thelonious) • Aron Warner (Wolf) • Eric Idle (Merlin) • Amy Poehler (Snow White) • Amy Sedaris (Cinderella/Jill) • Cheri Oteri (Sleeping Beauty) • Craig Robinson (Cooki)
Minor: Chris Miller (Magic Mirror) • Val Bettin (Bishop) • Susanne Blakeslee (Evil Queen) • Andrew Adamson (additional voices) • Keith Ferguson (additional voices) • Elisa Gabrielli (additional voices)

See also
Locations: Duloc • Far Far Away • Ogre Swamp • Poison Apple Inn • Potion Factory • Worcestershire Boarding School

Songs: Barracuda • Royal Pain • Welcome to Duloc
Crew: Gina Shay • Chris Sanders • David Soren • Duncan Marjoribanks • Eric Darnell • Harry Gregson-Williams • John Powell • Chris Reccardi • Gary Trousdale • Bill Damaschke • Walt Dohrn • Guillaume Aretos


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Media
Films: Madagascar • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted • Penguins of Madagascar

Shows: The Penguins of Madagascar (Operation: DVD Premiere!) • All Hail King Julien • Madagascar: A Little Wild
TV Specials: The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper • Merry Madagascar • Madly Madagascar

Characters
Zoosters: Alex • Marty • Melman • Gloria

Penguins: Skipper • Kowalski • Rico • Private
Lemurs: King Julien the 13th • Maurice • Mort • Clover
The Circus: Gia • Stefano • Vitaly • Sonya • Esmeralda, Esperanza and Ernestina • Manu and Maya • Dancing Dogs
The North Wind: Classified • Eva • Short Fuse • Corporal
Allies: Mason and Phil • Lemurs • Ted • Zuba • Florrie • Moto Moto • Marlene
Villains: Fossas • Nana • Makunga • Teetsi • Shark • Mr. Chew • Chantel DuBois • Dave • Octopuses • Karl • Chauncey

Music
Madagascar: I Like To Move It • Stayin' Alive • What a Wonderful World

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: The Traveling Song • I Like To Move It • Alex On The Spot • Big & Chunky • Copacabana
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted: Afro Circus • Afro Circus/I Like To Move It • Firework • Gonna Make You Sweat • What's New Pussycat?
The Penguins of Madagascar: Brand New Plan • Conga King • Drop Some Acorns on Em' • Penguin Chant • Porpoise Power Ballad • Thump Thump Thump • He's Doctor Blowhole
Others: Celebrate • Santa Claus is Coming to Madagascar • Who's da King

Cast
Films: Ben Stiller (Alex) • Chris Rock (Marty) • David Schwimmer (Melman) • Christopher Knights (Private) • Chris Miller (Kowalski) • Cedric the Entertainer (Maurice) • Andy Richter (Mort) • Conrad Vernon (Mason) • Elisa Gabrielli (Nana) • Bernie Mac (Zuba) • Alec Baldwin (Makunga) • Frances McDormand (DuBois) • Bryan Cranston (Vitaly) • Benedict Cumberbatch (Classified) • Annet Mahendru (Eva) • David Cowgill (Police Horse) • David P. Smith (additional voices) • Ariel Winter (additional voices) • Bob Saget (additional voices) • Edie Mirman (additional voices)

Shows: Wally Wingert (Alex) • Danny Jacobs (Julien) • Ty Burrell (Parker) • Brian Stepanek (Dode) • Carl Reiner (Santa) • Bill Fagerbakke (additional voices) • Dee Bradley Baker (additional voices) • Jeff Bennett (additional voices) • Sean Bishop (additional voices)
Video Games: Crispin Freeman (Alex) • Keith Ferguson (Julien) • André Sogliuzzo (additional voices)

See also
Locations: Africa • Antarctica • Central Park Zoo • Circus Zaragoza • France • Madagascar • New York City • Vatican City

Crew: Eric Darnell • Bibo Bergeron • David Soren • Mark Swift • Chris Sanders • Duncan Marjoribanks • Gary Trousdale • Jennifer Yuh Nelson • Walt Dohrn


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Media
Films: Rise of the Guardians
Characters
Guardians: Jack Frost • Nicholas St. North • E. Aster Bunnymund • Toothiana • Sandy

Antagonists: Pitch Black • The Nightmares
Others: Jamie • Baby Tooth • Yetis • Elves

See also
Locations: Antarctica • Oceania (Australia) • New York City • North Pole • Paris • St. Petersburg, Russia • Tooth Palace

Cast: Chris Pine (Jack Frost) • Alec Baldwin (Nicholas North) • Isla Fisher (Toothiana)


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Media
Films: The Boss Baby • The Boss Baby: Family Business

Shows: The Boss Baby: Back in Business • The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
Shorts: Treasure Hunt Through Time • Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale

Characters
Protagonists: Theodore Templeton • Tim Templeton • Ted Templeton • Janice Templeton • Tina Templeton • Tabitha Templeton • Carol Templeton • Staci • Jimbo • The Triplets

Antagonists: Francis E. Francis • Eugene Francis • Dr. Erwin Armstrong • Bootsy Calico • Mega Fat Regular Baby
Others: Big Boss Baby • Forever Puppy • Marsha Krinkle

See also
Locations: Templeton House • Baby Corp • Puppy Co.

Objects: Baby Formula • Private Potty
Cast: Alec Baldwin (Theodore) • Amy Sedaris (Tina) • David Soren (Jimbo) • Conrad Vernon (Eugene) • Jeff Goldblum (Armstrong) • Edie Mirman (Big Boss Baby) • Chris Miller (Captain Ross) • Cheri Oteri (Multi Multi Task Baby) • Danny Jacobs (additional voices)
Crew: Chris Sanders • Dean DeBlois


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Characters
Main Characters

Waldo • Wenda • Wizard Whitebeard • Mr. Wumples • Arfolomew • Woof • Odlulu • Fritz
Other Wanderers
Yasemin • Wizard Wavybeard • Anesu • Wizard Nightingale • Wizard Featherbeard • Pico • Wizard Blizzardbeard • Shila • Chinook • Chinook's team • Morna and Yep • Wizard Artbeard • Wizard Lariat • Bruce • Koichi • Wizard Doubloon • Annie • Arthur and Alice • Hillary and Edmund • Wizard Fix-It • Masha, Dasha and Sasha • Wizard Vinebeard • Wizard Odissi • Wizard Dustybeard • Wizard Flambe • Wizard Shadowbeard • Merlin • Wizard Amber • Mori • Wizard Rockybeard • Barry • Blizzards • Wizard Melodia • Wizard Corriedale • Ace and Indy • Wizard Longbeard • Marvels • Yumi • Sophia ��� Gabby Douglas • Kerri Strug • Nastia Liukin
Other Characters
Flamingos • Li and Liu • Guardian Lions • Stone Dragon • Jacques • Tarak • Bucky • Fritzes • Mr. Grouchy • Orange Howler Monkeys • Meerkats • Fergus • Jason • Cyclops • Elisabetta • Emus • Crocodiles • Kangaroos • Mama Kangaroo • Mega Noodle Monster • Maria • Mateo • Arthur and Alice • Leopard Seals • Mice • Santa Claus • Apua • Vines • Banana Trees • Pitcher Plants • Ajay • Lemurs • Lemmings • Darma • Shadows • Knight Captain • Knights of the Round Table • Eels • Sea Lions • Blue-Footed Boobies • Magnificent Frigatebird • Señor Sensational • Stegosaurus • Ankylosaurus • Halszkaraptor • Pterodactyl • Velociraptors • Protoceratops • Tarbosaurus • Rhys • Wolfie • Dracula • Halloween Decorations • Frankie • Mums • Finny • Big Turnip • Thumbelina • Snow Queen • Sheep • Helka and Oliver • Trolls • Gibraltar Monkeys • Laurie Hernandez • Octopuses

Locations
WorldWide Wanderers Headquarters • China • Paris • Turkey • Mexico • Tahiti • Victoria Falls • Vienna • Costa Rica • Canada • Scotland • Acropolis of Athens • Venice • Australia • Tokyo • Japan • New York City • The Bahamas • Antarctica • Moscow • Switzerland • Germany • North Pole • Amazon • Mumbai • Egypt • Madagascar • Norway • Bali • England • Galapagos Island • Mongolia • Nepal • Wales • Argentina • Denmark • New Zealand • Iceland • Gibraltar
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