Mall Santa: Difference between revisions

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Usually occurring during the Christmas-themed episode, a male character gets a job at [[The Mall]] (or a department store in older works) as [[Santa Claus]], either for a part-time job or as a last-minute substitute. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. We invariably see a series of kids on his lap doing things like questioning his authenticity as the "real" [[Santa Claus]], attempting to pull off his beard, asking for extravagant or impossible gifts, or, in the most crass of [[Sit Com|Sit Coms]], urinating on him out of fear. A common joke has the [[Mall Santa]] promising to deliver an outrageous gift come Christmas, much to the dismay of the kid's parents.