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The Addams Family
Aladdin
Archie & Jughead
Augie Doggie
Archangel
Arthur & Buster
Akira
Alice in Wonderland
Alfred E. Neuman
Alley Oop
American Splendor
Anastasia
Andy Capp
Angelica Pickles
Aquaman
Arlo and Janis
Asterix
The Atom
The Authority
The Avengers
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Babs and Buster Bunny
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Batman
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Barnaby
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Blondie
Bloom County
Bringing Up Father
Bugs Bunny
Bushroot
A Bug's Life
Buz Sawyer
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Calvin & Hobbes
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Casper, the Friendly Ghost
Caillou
Charlie Brown
Chip n Dale
Cinderella
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Colossus
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Conan
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Daredevil
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Dick Tracy
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Doonesbury
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Dynamo
Dumbo
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E-Man
Egghead
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Ernie
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The Fantastic Four
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For Better or for Worse
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Full Metal Alchemist
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Garfield
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Extraordinary League of Gentlemen
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GI Joe
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Hawkman
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Henry
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Ice Age
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Jakers
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Jean Grey - Pheonix
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Judge Dredd
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Knights of the Galaxy
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Lady and the Tramp
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Li'l Bad Wolf
Land of the Dead
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The Little People
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Looney Tunes
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Mad magazine
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Marin Manhunter
Maya & Miguel
The Mask
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The Mighty Crusaders
The Mighty Heroes
The Mighty Thor
Mickey & Minnie Mouse
Miss America
Modesty Blaise
Monsters Inc
Mother Goose & Grimm
Mr Fantastic
The Mystery Men
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Nancy Drew
Finding Nemo
New Kids On The Block
Naruto
Nausicaa
Nightcrawler
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Outland
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santy, or simply Santa is a folk hero in various cultures who distributes presents to children, traditionally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus.
Father Christmas is a well-loved figure in many countries and predates the "Santa Claus" character. "Father Christmas" is similar in many ways, though the two have quite different origins. Using 'Santa' in places that predominantly call him 'Father Christmas' is often viewed as an Americanism and is quite rare, although they are generally regarded as the same character. Father Christmas is also present instead of "Santa" in Italy ("Babbo Natale"), Brazil ("Papai Noel"), Czech Republic ("Ježíšek"), Portugal ("Pai Natal"), Romania ("Moş Crăciun"), Germany ("Weihnachtsmann"), Ireland ("Daidí na Nollag"), France and French Canada ("Le Père Noël"), Spain and Mexico ("Papá Noel"), Afghanistan ("Baba Chaghaloo"), Iraq and South Africa ("Goosaleh").
Santa Claus Movies
Probably the only other place where Santa Claus makes as many appearances as in the malls is on the big screen. Motion pictures of St. Nick abound and apparently constitute their own sub-genre of the Christmas film genre. Early films of Santa revolve around similar simple plots of Santa's Christmas eve visit to children. In 1897, in a short film called Santa Claus Filling Stockings, Santa Claus is simply filling stockings from his pack of toys. Another film called Santa Claus and the Children was made in 1898. A year later, a film directed by George Albert Smith in 1899 titled Santa Claus (or The Visit from Santa Claus in the United Kingdom) was created. In this picture Santa Claus enters the room from the fireplace and proceeds to trim the tree. He then fills the stockings that were previously hung on the mantle by the children. After walking backward and surveying his work, he suddenly darts at the fireplace and disappears up the chimney. Santa Claus' Visit in 1900 featured a scene with two little children kneeling at the feet of their mother and saying their prayers. The mother tucks the children snugly in bed and leaves the room. Santa Claus suddenly appears on the roof, just outside the children's bedroom window, and proceeds to enter the chimney, taking with him his bag of presents and a little hand sled for one of the children. He goes down the chimney and suddenly appears in the children's room through the fireplace. He distributes the presents and mysteriously causes the appearance of a Christmas tree laden with gifts. The scene closes with the children waking up and running to the fireplace just too late to catch him by the legs. A 1909 film by D. W. Griffith titled A Trap for Santa Claus shows children setting a trap to capture Santa Claus as he descends down the chimney, but instead capture their father who abandoned them and their mother but tries to burglarize the house after he discovers she inherited a fortune. A twenty-nine minute 1925 silent film production entitled Santa Claus by explorer/documentarian Frank E. Kleinschmidt filmed partly in northern Alaska and features Santa in his workshop, visiting his Eskimo neighbors, and tending his reindeer. A year later another movie titled Santa Claus was produced with sound on De Forest Phonofilm.[9] Over the years various actors have donned the red suit (aside from those discussed below), including Monty Woolley in Life Begins at Eight-thirty (1942), Alberto Rabagliati in The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966), Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places (1983), Jan Rubes in One Magic Christmas (1985), David Huddleston in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Jonathan Taylor Thomas in I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998), and Ed Asner in Elf (2003). Later films about Santa vary, but can be divided into the following themes.
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