Who Is the Best Santa to Ever Santa?

It's Santa's turn to be judged! Nick, Scott, Jesse, and Stephan sort through a cacophony of Kringles to find out who's naughty, who's nice, and who needs thrown in the trash with the wrapping paper and pine needles.

[@finaldarkfire]

Let's face it; what Death does for his setting's version of the Little Match Girl INSTANTLY puts him in the running for greatest Santa of all time. "The Hogfather brings presents. There's no better present than a future."

[@ShepherdShang]

Complete agreement on this.

[@hunterfox6176]

Death literally stopped reaping souls for a whole day, leaving his whole duty behind, to let the world keep its sense of hope. That is so far above and beyond

[@nikgokuhil]

And the great part is that the dude would do that all the time if he could. He is honestly looking for excuse to show that mercy

[@SilenceInd]

I tear up every time with that.

[@Lowkeylie]

It says something to Terry’s writing that he would get letters from terminally ill patients saying that they hoped if there is a Death, he’s like the one he wrote about.

[@surge123456789]

20:46 Death while taking on the role of santa gave the best gift one could have, there was a little girl who died outside in the snow and he gave her more sand in her mortal hourglass all while his "elf" was telling him he was not aloud to do that but death responds with "the hogfather can...and what better gift is there then a future".

[@pauloltman4960]

meanwhile he gives another little girl a sword!!

[@surge123456789]

@@pauloltman4960 it was....educational

[@tyrannosaur219]

@@surge123456789”But what if she cuts herself?!” _”That will be an important lesson..”_

[@expressiondestination6430]

He's honna find out He's gonna find out He's gonna find out San-ta clause is hun-ting you down😂😂

[@Advent3546]

You better watch out You better watch out! YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!!!

[@Redflametrow]

I've thought about this a lot since I first heard them do this. I don't know if anyone else has ever made an intense version of the song and it baffles me.

[@TeryJones]

@@Redflametrow Well there was that one bit in Plan to Eradicate Christmas XD

[@originalindigodingo]

Aww, no DC Santa? I wanted to see you judging him based on knife fighting Lobo, canonically being Batmans stealth teacher, and delivering a lump of coal to Darkseid every year.

[@jasonkeith2832]

But how does he stack against the embodimwnt of chaos that is Marvel Santa, who is an omega level mutant, is marked as a top-level threat by all who know of his existence, and went mad with power the one time he wore the Infinity Gauntlet?

[@Bengt2509]

@@jasonkeith2832but hes only strong on christmas, 364 days he loses to everyone, but on christmas hes cracked and beats anyone and everyone

[@originalindigodingo]

@@jasonkeith2832 I'm waiting for someone to reveal whether Santa was depowered by the Scarlet Witch saying No More Mutants.

[@dungusyungus245s]

And fighting alongside Lego Batman during Vietnam.

[@Walt_Raleigh]

What a disrespectful top list, he's one of the best Santas

[@keyblademasterclark]

"Dashing through the snowy sky. The patron saint of prostitutes, look it up, Old Saint Ni-" "Naughty!" "What the fu-"-Sir Jack Dapper from SAO Abridged

[@judgejohnson2796]

That was Terrifying Master Clark! lol

[@tamerzerounit3491]

I'm going to say it: you got to check Phineas and Ferb's Santa. Not the one from the elevator gag, but from the Christmas special. This Claus was so touched by Phineas's gratitude towards him that he basically played 5 D chess with Danville! He literally orchestrated the entire episode days in advance to give EVERYONE what they wanted for Christmas and even secretly manipulated the events in order to help one of his older elves believe again. Seriously this man had such a big brain plays it was insane when you step back and think about it.

[@mystery8820]

I thought Dr Doof’s Naughty-inator played a part in that…

[@tamerzerounit3491]

Because Santa sent him the plans. Doof spent the entire episode apathetic to Christmas and wanted to hate it. He built the inator on a whim since his "uncle" mailed it to him. But at the end, when he could genuinely say he hates Christmas, he tries to call his uncle only to fine the address the inator was sent from was the North pole. So yeah Santa set it up on purpose. Heck Santa was even the one to destroy it.

[@inferno9714]

Lani would make an AMAZING Ghost of Christmas Present in a production of A Christmas Carol. He has that look and vibe.

[@legateelizabeth]

Honestly 'TFS does A Christmas Carol' could feature all of them in very appropriate roles.

[@TheLanydx]

I can totally see it.

[@WarlockofThorns]

Stephen would be Scrouge

[@harriethadley9194]

Death as the Hogfather knows exactly what it means to be Santa: "OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE," said Death. "OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?” Its a fantastic book and i highly recomed to to anyone who is considering reading it. Death as the Hogfather is also an arms dealer~ He gave a little girl a real sword when she asked for one~

[@illusionaryLunatic]

You can't give her that! It's not safe! IT'S A SWORD. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. She's a child! IT'S EDUCATIONAL. What if she cuts herself? THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

[@josephperez2004]

It was an educational toy.

[@calamitaswrath6965]

@@josephperez2004 But what if she cuts herself?

[@Sephiroth330]

@@calamitaswrath6965 That will be an important lesson

[@pauloltman4960]

and gaeve a lil match girl a future, which honestly sometimes is all we can ask for!

[@Jackie-McCann]

I was kinda hoping they’d include Santa from the Billy & Mandy Christmas special. Because 1.) He gets turned into a vampire, and 2.) He’s voiced by Gilbert freaking Gottfried!

[@paulagoeringer9466]

Best voice casting!!! 🤪✨

[@josephperez2004]

"I'LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!"

[@iluvsonicxshadow]

YES omg that is a nostalgic ass santa for me.

[@Jiggyx42]

Mick Foley not being a King Of Christmas is an absolute travesty that needs to be rectified. HE HAS AN ENTIRE CHRISTMAS ROOM IN HIS HOUSE!

[@TheKyrix82]

If you read his autobiographies...plural...he goes to Christmas theme parks year round. The man lives for Christmas

[@somedumbguydoingnothing677]

He also writes to children as santa .

[@charleswisconsin9196]

Foley is God.

[@cameronpearce5943]

Death is absolutely a king of Christmas. During his rounds at the Hogfather duty calls. He and Albert find the Little Matchstick Girl dead in the snow. Death instead refills her hourglass. Albert *worried*: You're not allowed to do that! Death: The Hogfather Can. The Hogfather Gives Presents. And What Better Present Than A Future.

[@RandomPersonProbably]

Ok am I the only one who thinks Lani looks like a young buff Santa clause going through a lumber Jack phase?

[@keyblademasterclark]

Is anyone else disappointed we didn't get to see Lani dressed as Santa?

[@dronl0rd]

Lumberjack Santa.

[@Larper64]

Technically, the Miracle on 34th Street Santa's legitimacy is up in the air. While most of the movie does sort of depict Kris as just a kind old man wanting to embody the spirit of Christmas, there are a few moments in the movie where he legitimately seems to have more going one, the largest bit being at the very end where they find the exact house that Susan wanted within a close enough distance that it wouldn't be a bother and that it is for sale. And while this is initially hand waved away as coincidence, they also found Kris' cane there showing he may have had a hand in it. I'm just saying the movie ends on a nebulous conclusion on whether Kris was actually Santa, even as stated by the characters.

[@originalindigodingo]

Is that the original or the 90s one? Cause the 90s one also seems to lean towards him actually being Santa, with stuff like being fluent in every language, including ASL, having an encyclopedic knowledge of all toys, where they can be bought, and the prices, and has a consistent, if insane, explanation for every Santa thing.

[@Larper64]

@@originalindigodingo Both do actually, although the more modern one is less subtle about it. In the original, instead of ASL he breaks out into dutch when a dutch girl who had just emigrated after being adopted is brought to see him. He also seems to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of toys, stores, and prices. The main difference being that when he references gifts or the like he keeps it subtle, reather than explicit. Such as giving Mr. Daily and Ms. Walker a route to avoid trafficthat happens to go right pasr Susan's dream house.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

Mick Foley deserves top of King. He has a Christmas room in his house. He is a licensed Santa Claus. He gives so much time and energy to charity... if ever there were someone approaching the Platonic ideal of Santa, it's Mick.

[@koosh138]

Mick Foley even hand writes letters from Santa for little kids. He says he had to work on his penmanship before going along with it, but some kids today are getting handwritten letters from Santa thanks to Mick Foley.

[@XainRussell]

If I had a nickel for every time a skeleton took over for Santa Clause, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[@finaldarkfire]

I'm still waiting on a christmas story set in some kind of urban fantasy setting where Santa turns out to literally just be Odin who decided to just go around delivering presents once a year. Like he uses his ravens to check on whose been naughty or nice and delivers presents with the Wild Hunt.

[@rambofan334]

Hollywood, listen to this man.

[@shrimpisdelicious]

Try reading the Dresden Files.

[@darthmollitiam]

The sweater being part greenscreen is quality. Love it guys. You're all fantastic.

[@Dilly_Dork]

Kurt Russel Santa is actually a lot of fun. He’s got infinite wisdom on everybody, and has enough magic to summon a 50’s style rock ballad in a prison. Christmas Chronivles is underrated af

[@pauloltman4960]

20:38 my favorite scene in that special is when he is walking with a person ( i can't remember who) and they run into the story of the lil match girl and the man explains to death why this is a Christmas story and that the story is supposed to teach people in kindness and appreciating what you have, death is abhorred by the concept and saves the match girl and hands her off to a group of guards and death explains to the man that since he is filling the role of the hog father, he has to give gifts and there is no greater gift than the gift of life!

[@jordanread5829]

Putting robot santa in the lowest tier? VERY NAUGHTY.

[@spencerravsten8170]

Lani's reaction to Toy Santa from The Santa Clause 2 kills me 😂

[@tabletopnephilim4633]

Rise of the Guardians Santa is my favorite Santa ever. Also, hoping Lani's seen the movie by now, one of my favorite lines is when Pitch Black says "Finally, someone who knows how to have fun!" Because not only is it a sneaky foreshadowing of why Jack Frost is chosen as a Guardian, it's also the villain unknowingly foreshadowing his own downfall.

[@Moonsong227]

Found my people, best movie everrr hellooooo!

[@BigOrangeVids]

you guys forgot Santa from Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer. He basically does a hit and run, kidnaps the grandma but also brings back the teue meaning and spirit of Christmas back to the town the story takes place in.

[@willamcars1]

Polar Express Santa goes higher. He embodies Santa completely

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

Kind of sad that top tier wasn't called "King of Kringle".

[@derekstronf1837]

Damn, they wasted a perfect opportunity.

[@TitaniaBird]

Or "Champion Christmas".

[@spicybean2004]

Or Mick Foley

[@ozymandiasuncia4919]

Well, skin trees are definitely going in my D&D campaign now. Thanks for the idea!

[@josephperez2004]

Maybe a food source for zombies other undead so they don't need to hunt for their food.

[@argent32]

In terms of the Bill Goldberg Santa, to quote him, he's "just trying to spread a little Yuletide FEAR!"

[@SRTifiable]

Klaus for sure KoC. My wife and I get all teary eyed at the end of that movie every time.

[@PepperBell-oj5e]

That whole discussion about Death as the Hogfather reminded of the scene with the Little Match Girl, where he willing broke the rules of death to grant her a long life. That scene made me cry as a teenager

[@MrGBH]

Lani looks like Lumberjack Santa or if the Rise of the Guardians Santa had a son

[@ReligiousFanboy]

He also smacked a heretic so hard his sainthood was temporarily revoked.

[@TeamSoraPresents]

My mom would put on "The Santa Clause" every year, often multiple times across December. She LOVED that movie... I might just watch it again on the 24th or 25th, in her memory.

[@Redflametrow]

Honestly while not an actual Santa, surprised none of the Grinches made it because they dress up as him.

[@Stepi01]

St. Nicholas provided gold to the father of three young women allowing them to have dowrys for marriage, thus saving them from having to become sex workers. In this way, he became known for anonymous giving (as he gave the gold by pitching it through the window in the middle of the night) and the patron of prostitutes (word chosen for alliterative purposes). Thus, St Nicholas, who influenced the idea of Santa Claus giving gifts in the middle of the night anonymously, is indeed the saint of sex workers. So, that is the story of Santa and sex workers, my stupendous students.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is so underrated. The duet old Scrooge sings with his younger self is absolutely HEARTBREAKING.

[@mesektet5776]

Odin, Odin is the best Santa.

[@AmateurStorytime]

You watched Overly Sarcastic Productions' video, didn't you?

[@thetux459]

Legally, Vadderung and Kringle are to seperate entities.

[@mesektet5776]

@@thetux459 I mean “legally” CokeACola made Santa, so not too concerned with that.

[@alexanderharoldsen4178]

As played by Bruce Campbell in The Librarians. Seriously, look it up.

[@thetux459]

@mesektet5776 its a dresden files reference, and i said kringle not santa

[@alexanderharoldsen4178]

Honorable mention: Scrooge 1970. Not only does it have one of the best present ghosts, At the end Scrooge goes mad with Christmas cheer and rolls up to the Cratchets' house in full Santa gear and buries them in the entire toy shop inventory

[@benjamindunn1942]

Yes, My favorite Ghost of Christmas Present, but likely my favorite Christmas Carol visualization.

[@lukemugen]

These are the type of videos I live for. I can listen to y’all talk about literally anything.

[@thomasedwards6641]

Klaus is such a great movie and without question a king of Christmas same with Rise of the Guardians Santa

[@MisterSpiffy]

Elf is the late Ed Asner in probably his most up beat character he's ever played. But I loved him as Cosgrove in Freakazoid.

[@ZionKraze]

Who Is the Best Santa to Ever Santa? That's an easy choice for me, my great granddad, also the only granddad I only knew. He dressed up as Santa in a toy shop where my mum used to work, kinda like what Mall Santas are, and I saw him as a kid. I need to upload that photo up that was taken.

[@chazdrain1048]

My favorite Christmas Present is the one with George C Scott version where he mocks Scrooge and getting angry with him at the end. I just love that.

[@MikeyShiota]

Come for the rankings, stay for Scott thirsting over some Santas

[@GeekMasterGames]

Santa Claus is a fantastic American Folk Mythological figure. So good to see so many versions of him.

[@NerdyOverThirty]

These are so random but I love them. It's like a nice hour-ish of listening to my friends debate random stuff that is unimportant but we take it so seriously 😂 thank you guys for continuing to make such enjoyable content.

[@matthewrooney8834]

Santa from regular show, American dad and the dying one from family guy are some of my fav alternate santas

[@CrimsonMoonM]

This list taught me the importance of secondary colors in designs. Replace some of Santa's white accents with black, and the red suddenly looks badass instead of warm and inviting.

[@JustSomeSkin]

No way! My brother and I watch the Mr. Magoo Christmas carol every year as well. Never met anyone else who was about that life

[@like17badgers]

I'm genuinely surprised that Kaiser has not seen Elf at SOME point, even by accident. heck, during thanksgiving weekend I saw like 80% of the movie while having dinner with my extended family cause it was just on in the background

[@dazedouji]

4:30 The “tree with skin leaves and scabbed-over bark” had me rethinking watching this during my lunch hour. 🗿

[@uchytjes10]

I love soccer ball santa being the arbiter of quality santas by being in the direct middle of the road.

[@socksthecat13]

God damnit Nick, stop teasing us!

[@51909relapseminem]

Of course Scott doesn't like the Santa that has a warm and wet hole lol. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@BritBox777]

Coke Santa gets a point for making his suit Red. Before that, in traditional pre-19th century British depictions, he was usually Green. Trivia !

[@Daddyoh94]

I was going through the comments to see if someone was going to point out that Santa as we know him was created by Coca-Cola in 1931, because they literally defined the "Santa Claus" appearance everyone knows. Green elf Santa is entirely overwritten

[@iluvsonicxshadow]

Rise of the Guardians santa is absolutely my favorite Santa depiction ever, Rise santa's loud, fun, tattooed, and hot af.

[@MakoObsidian]

Nick Frost as Santa in Dr Who season 9. Would have liked to see that as a an honorable mention.

[@Ironcorgi2]

Not gonna lie I kind of mentally rewrote Santa clause in my head that whomever murders Santa gets their powers

[@TheXehanorto]

I am a tad sad that Santa from Ducktales 2017 wasn’t on this list, the fact that he and Scrooge were originally business partners/friends that broke up over Santa refusing to charge people for coal and toys. Then come present day, Santa faked a leg injury so he could try and repair his friendship with Scrooge. Only for it to nearly backfire when Scrooge delivered coal with invoices to everyone.

[@pmgmsd]

I LOVE Death. He's my favorite. You would all do well to read Terry Pratchett. You won't be disappointed.

[@nozzrik4472]

Alright. Fine Nick. When I move I will start taking care of myself, cuz damn it. You look how I wanna feel.

[@danamaniac66]

Learned 3 important things about Scott in this video, he needs to watch Elf, he needs to read Discworld, and he'd smash young Big Show

[@allensemisch3567]

My favorite Santa is between Art Carney in The Twilight Zone episode The Night of the Meek or Bruce Campbell as Santa in The Librarians.

[@Genichiro]

Drinking alcoholic eggnog while watching this was definitely the right call. Love you guys~ :3

[@tcrazy4796]

Most insane and random Santa has gotta be from Brave Beats. He's absolutely ripped, he pole dances, and he gives a kid Broly muscles. Absolute madness.

[@colinvandenberg3446]

I'm disappointed that they in luded the Rudolph Santa but not the one from "Santa Clause is Comming to Town" and "The Year without a Santa Clause." If you don't want to judge all the Rankin Bass Santa's at once, at least include the I onic ones.

[@ItsBAndBees]

Santa from the first SpongeBob Christmas special is my fav 😂

[@SampleTextProduction]

Yesss! Death as the Hogfather is so damn good! I'm just finishing my annual reread of the book and it's incredible how Pratchett can be simultaneously hilarious and heartwarming

[@Lexadin]

Dutchman here. Just noting that Black Pete hasn't been a thing in mainstream media for some years now. That info might've come from an outdated Wikipedia article.

[@Saxdude26]

I can never unhear "Cook and Milkies" now... 😅

[@like17badgers]

I know y'all said you didn't want to know about Miracle on 34th's just cause... I mean 40s~50s were sus in general. but Edmund Gwenn was a pretty stand up guy. Mostly did Theater stuff, appeared in 4 Hitchcock films, fought in the first world War, lost his London home in the 2nd. shared a home with a former British Olympic bobsledder("they were roommates" vibes) but interesting fact about him, he was cremated after he passed in 1959, but his urn was misplaced at some point and only located just this March in 2023. on December 3rd he was relocated to the Cathedral Mausoleum of the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

[@JaegerMeisterDemon]

I am so happy you guys included The Hogfather.

[@lbspud7379]

Watching this has made me realise just how few Christmas movies I’ve seen

[@daltonfitkin2536]

I’m in love with idea of “Nam-Vet Santa”.

[@stitchesbunny8496]

I saw Stephen on the thumb nail and knew this was gonna be good. then for FOUR of you f****rs are on here! this is high level chaos and I love it.

[@gamefreakin]

50:16 To be fair, the Pete character was changed to remove the stereotype association over time. In the 50s to 60s the rod the character used to hit children as punishment was removed In the 50s to 80s the story was changed from "he's a black person from Moorish origin" to "he's black because he goes down the chimneys a lot". (the appearance was mostly unchanged still, but alas...). Parts of the story were also changed to make the character less of a servant and more of a competent employee supporting the aging and often forgetful Sinterklaas. Finally in the 2010s there were many attempt to change his appearance. From creating "petes" of all colours (Green Pete, Blue Pete etc.) to Stroopwaffle designs. They finally settled on the Pete character having swipes of "soot" on their face, rather than full on blackface (to be more accurate to the chimney story). Some people still refer to him as Black Pete, some use the name Roetveeg Piet (Sooty Pete) and some simply use "Pete". The "Roetveeg Piet" appearance is what is used in a majority of the country now.

[@KiEntertainer]

I really hope Hatchiyack from plan to eradicate Christmas is on this list

[@paulagoeringer9466]

They're missing all the best ones, I bet. Gilbert Gottfried as Santa from grim adventures of billy and Mandy is hilarious. Kudos to whoever cast him.

[@k9wolf07]

They forgot to include Odin who is the og Santa but to be fare it would be hard to pic a specific version of Odin to be the most Christmassy. Context, a big chunk of the Santa mythos is based off of Yule when the Norse god Odin rides on the back of his magical flying horse Slephnir on a hunt and children would leave their boots outside filled with straw/carrots/apples for Odin's horse and if they where good Odin would leave them gifts.

[@samwise495]

Something they didn't say about the Coke Santa... He doesn't have teeth.

[@Jerga27]

Kaiser and Jesse derailing the whole thing over naughty Santa movie preferences was worth watching the whole list 👌

[@tylers5314]

Christmas chronicle is worth the watch

[@shademonki13]

I'm just glad DEATH has the placement he deserves.

[@shadowtrell9961]

Lani looks like a lumberjack in this video. Just saiyan...

[@WildWombats]

My favorite santa has always been Tim Allen. The Santa Clause.

[@TheRuneTail]

Hogfather Death is a King He literally saw the Little Match Girl die and brought her back to life cause as he says "The greatest gift is a future" then took her to guards and told them to give her food and a warm bed.

[@Redflametrow]

Love the format of these videos and I like going through nostalgia and learning about new characters who have been Santa.

[@mikehendon7327]

No Bruce Campbell from the Librarians? No ODIN? I mean, Odin is literally the origin of the entire Santa Mythology, as we know it...

[@nealenthenerd399]

15:00 my first response was just “That’s Lani!”

[@maromania7]

The Paul Giamatti jumpscare had me doubled over for some reason XD

[@Ennbeard]

Scott trying his best to end up on a very specific kind of naughty list.

[@Confused_Master]

Facts: Coca-Cola Santa is the originator of the red-suit white beard look!

[@psychronia]

Hog Father deserves bottom of King of Christmas or top of Jolly. Death isn't the best Santa, but he *gets it.* He gives the little match girl the gift of life, he gives a guard the present he never got as a kid, and he might've robbed an ultra capitalist toy store, if I remember right?

[@Sharkboyok]

I'm genuinely loving those videos. Doesn't matter what ya'll are talking about it's always a joy to watch ya'll interact. Next time you manage to get taka in the office he has to be on one of these.

[@EmCeeDrue]

Fun fact: 'Elf' Santa is played by Ed Asner, aka Carl Fredericksen from 'Up'

[@drhouse6165]

Lani rocking a Tim the Toolman outfit.

[@BritBox777]

King of Christmas spot for "Night of the Meek" hobo Santa from one of the best Twilight Zone episodes

[@Moonsong227]

I'm so happy when they start reciting a meme and they just all do it in unison

[@Moonsong227]

Man i hope they have rotg North, vampire santa, Polaris express santa, Clause santa, the night before Xmas santa, nightmare before Xmas santa, Rudolph santa even if he's an asshole...lol

[@Moonsong227]

Pokemon santa, grandma got run over by a reindeer santa, olive the other reindeer santa...so many santas lol

[@darklordofsword]

Fun fact; thr actor who played Santa in "Ernest Saves Christmas" also voiced the Sultan in Disney's "Aladdin".

[@Rubymagicalgirl88]

I'm happy with how you ranked Klaus.