Santa made his first appearance in this series in " Mickey Saves Santa", in which Mrs. In Dave the Barbarian they don't celebrate Christmas, they celebrate something called the Harvest Festival which has a Santa Claus-like figure known as the Harvest Hog. Santa is referenced in the Guardians of the Galaxy episode " Jingle Bell Rock" by Drax the Destroyer as "a fat bearded man in a hoversled powered by underfed moombas". His portrayal in them varies in many ways.ĭuring the Christmas season, characters will ocasionally dress as Santa at The Annex in Hong Kong Disneyland. He lives at the North Pole in a large workshop staffed by elves which produce toys year round, and every Christmas Eve he sets out in a flying sleigh pulled by eight reindeer (occasionally nine depending on how foggy the sky is, as he occasionally brings Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer along) and delivers toys and other gifts to the children of the world out of the improbably large sack he carries with him, entering their houses by the chimney, filling their stockings, partaking of whatever food and drink the family left out for him, then leaving how he came in.Īs the most prominent figure associated with Christmas, Santa appears in many Christmas specials and movies, including several produced by Disney. Sometimes, he is seen with buttons on his shirt. It is unknown where Santa came from, but he is traditionally depicted as a festively overweight old man with a beard, who wears a red suit with white trim and a matching cap, black boots, and a black belt. (Note that in several countries in Europe, Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are considered two entirely different characters, each with their own elaborate holiday).
Nicholas", who comes down the chimney on the fifth/sixth of December) and the imagery of the Saint in question carried over to his North Pole incarnation. The Santa Claus myth is based largely on the Dutch holiday of "Sinterklaas" (a hastily pronounced "St.
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