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Santa Claus (or Sandy Claws, as Jack Skellington calls him) is one of the central characters from Tim Burton's 1993 stop-motion Disney film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Background

Physical Description

Santa Claus is a very obese man dressed in a faded red, white fur-lined coat closed with a black belt. His very tiny hands are covered by black gloves that also have white fur lining. His feet and legs, though usually hidden by his coat, are even smaller than his hands, and covered by black boots. His buttocks is huge (shown when Lock, Shock and Barrel try to shove him down the tiny pipe). His hat is also red and lined with white fur, and ends in a white fur ball. The hat itself is quite long and thin. Santa has white hair and eyebrows, and a very long, thick beard that nearly reaches the floor. His cheeks and bulbous nose are faintly pink, as are his lips.

Personality

Santa seems to usually have a smile on his face, as he is jolly, fun, caring, and, well, good with children. As evidenced by his Good/Bad children list, he is fair and thoughtful, too. However, when he deals with Halloween Town, he becomes much more serious - and when captured, he yells and struggles.

Upon his rescue, Santa gruffly informed Jack that Christmas could still be saved; this shows that while he was thankful for being saved from Oogie, Santa was still angry with Jack for attempting to takeover his holiday. Santa kindly refers to Sally as "the only person who makes any sense in this insane asylym".

Appearances

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Santa Claus originally appeared in the 1993 movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. In the movie, Jack orders Lock, Shock, and Barrel to kidnap Santa Claus so that Jack can take over Christmas. He wants the trio to take Santa to their lair, but they instead take him to Oogie Boogie. Sally, who doesn't like Jack's idea of taking over Christmas, is worried about Santa Claus and wants to save him, but when she finds him, she is also captured by Oogie Boogie. Later, Jack hurries back to Halloween Town to save Santa and Sally. After Oogie Boogie is defeated, Jack apologizes to Santa, who then leaves to fix Christmas. He flies around the world and delivers real presents to the all the children. He and Jack also wish each other Merry Christmas and Happy Halloween as Santa brings snow to the town.

Video Game Appearances

Kingdom Hearts II

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Santa Claus as he appears in Kingdom Hearts II

Santa Claus appears as a character in the Halloween Town world of Kingdom Hearts II. He is the leader of Christmas Town, and is constantly asked questions about Christmas by Jack Skellington. Jack almost always mispronounces Santa's name as Sandy Claws, leaving Sora and company in a state of confusion.

During Sora's first visit to Halloween Town, he is kidnapped by Oogie Boogie at Maleficent's request. Maleficent plans on turning Santa Claus into a Heartless. When Santa is captured, Sally saves Santa from Oogie Boogie. When Sora defeats Oogie Boogie, Santa tells Jack that he should concentrate on Halloween, and Santa should concentrate on Christmas. He also tells Sora to believe that he will meet Riku again.

During Sora's second visit, Santa's presents get stolen by Dr. Finkelstein's Experiment. He helps Jack make decoy presents to attract the Experiment. Jack and company get them back by hiding in a decoy present. After they defeat the Experiment, Santa Claus decides to give Jack a taste of what it's like to deliver Christmas presents. When Jack finishes delivering presents, Santa takes back his sleigh and brings forth beautiful snow drops as a present to those in Halloween Town.

He is voiced by Corey Burton in English, and Japanese voice by Tomoaki Nagae.

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Trivia

  • Santa Claus may have a counterpart in "Corpse Bride" as William Van Dort: Victor's father.
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas would have logicaly taken place before Kingdom Hearts:  A) It's only one year between games, and B) Oogie was still dead at the time.


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Media
Films: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Books: Zero's Journey ā€¢ Long Live the Pumpkin Queen ā€¢ The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Full Film Script
Video games: ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts II ā€¢ Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days ā€¢ The Pumpkin King ā€¢ Oogie's Revenge ā€¢ Disney Universe ā€¢ Disney Infinity ā€¢ Disney Heroes: Battle Mode ā€¢ Disney Sorcerer's Arena
Soundtrack: Soundtrack ā€¢ Video

Disney Parks
Haunted Mansion Holiday

Entertainment: Oogie Boogie's Freaky Funhouse
Parades: Disney's Fantillusion
Halloween: Disney's Not So Spooky Spectacular ā€¢ Disney Villains Wicked Gathering ā€¢ Frightfully Fun Parade ā€¢ Glow in the Park Halloween Parade ā€¢ Happy Hallowishes ā€¢ Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular ā€¢ Jack Skellingtonā€™s Villainous Gathering ā€¢ Journey to the Halloween Town ā€¢ Karibuni Marketplace ā€¢ The Annex ā€¢ ā€œThis IS Halloween!ā€ Dance Party ā€¢ Villains Night Out! ā€¢ World of Color: Villainous!
Christmas: Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! ā€¢ What's This? Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along

Characters
Jack Skellington ā€¢ Sally ā€¢ Oogie Boogie ā€¢ Lock, Shock, and Barrel ā€¢ Dr. Finkelstein ā€¢ Mayor of Halloween Town ā€¢ Santa Claus ā€¢ Zero ā€¢ Clown with the Tear-Away Face ā€¢ Easter Bunny ā€¢ Mr. Hyde ā€¢ Harlequin Demon ā€¢ Vampire Teddy ā€¢ Toy Duck ā€¢ Pumpkin-in-the-Box ā€¢ Vampires ā€¢ Igor ā€¢ Behemoth ā€¢ Monster Who Lives Under the Stairs ā€¢ Monster Who Lives Under the Bed ā€¢ The Grim Reaper ā€¢ The Devil ā€¢ Wolfman ā€¢ Winged Demon ā€¢ Corpse Family ā€¢ Mummy Boy ā€¢ Undersea Gal ā€¢ Hanging Tree and Skeletons ā€¢ Ghosts ā€¢ Melting Man ā€¢ Halloween Town Band ā€¢ Attic Snake ā€¢ Man-Eating Wreath ā€¢ Jewel ā€¢ Cyclops ā€¢ Citizens of Halloween Town
Objects
Wormā€™s Wort ā€¢ Frogā€™s Breath ā€¢ Deadly Night Shade ā€¢ Frog Gun ā€¢ Worm's Wort Soup ā€¢ Bat Boomerang ā€¢ Pumpkin Bomb ā€¢ Dog Biscuits ā€¢ Shrunken Head ā€¢ Bathtub ā€¢ Run-Over Turtle ā€¢ Soul Robber
Locations
Halloween Town ā€¢ Christmas Town ā€¢ Hinterlands ā€¢ Spiral Hill
Songs
This Is Halloween ā€¢ Jackā€™s Lament ā€¢ Whatā€™s This? ā€¢ Town Meeting Song ā€¢ Jackā€™s Obsession ā€¢ Kidnap the Sandy Claws ā€¢ Making Christmas ā€¢ Oogie Boogie's Song ā€¢ Sallyā€™s Song ā€¢ Poor Jack ā€¢ Finale ā€¢ Dr. Finkelstein's Song
See Also
The Original Poem


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