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[[File:Mrs Claus 4072.jpg|frame|Behind every man is a strong woman.]]
The wife of [[Santa Claus]] in many stories. She's often portrayed as a kind, elderly matron who helps her husband and the elves in various ways, whether it's [[Supreme Chef|cooking delicious meals]] (possibly the [[Through His Stomach|stated reason why Santa is so fat]]), or even helping supervise the toy factory.▼
▲The wife of [[Santa Claus]] in many stories. She's often portrayed as a kind, elderly matron who helps her husband and the elves in various ways, whether it's [[Supreme Chef|cooking delicious meals]], or even helping supervise the toy factory.
Her origins are as varied as those of her husband, but regardless of how she begins, she usually ends up as a [[Granny Classic]].
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Compare [[Cool Old Lady]], [[Fairy Godmother]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Mrs. Kringle from ''[[Jingle Belle]]'' is a notable exception from the [[Granny Classic]] archetype (something which is occasionally lampshaded in the comic). She's a [[Hot Mom]] elf queen who prefers aristocratic garments to aprons.
▲== Film - Animated ==
* Imelda Staunton plays the role in ''[[Arthur Christmas]]'' as a hyper-competent organizer who handles the political end of the Santa Claus operation(she mentions a "treaty with Greenland").
* The second ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' film revolved around him trying to find a wife, due a second clause, called "The Mrs Clause'', which was the subtitle of the second film.
* ''[[Santa Claus:
* The [[Angela Lansbury]] film ''[[Mrs Santa Claus]]''.
* She appears at the beginning of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'' during the live newscast from Santa's workshop at the [[North Pole]].
* She plays a largish role in the 2006 [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]'', in which she's portrayed by Delta Burke.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==▼
▲== Live-Action TV ==
* In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode "[[Santa Claus (film)|Santa Claus]]", which doesn't feature a Mrs. Claus, Servo quips that Mrs. Claus winters in Fort Lauderdale.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* The narrator of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-C11_LbYI Santa's Got a Brand New Bag]" by SHeDAISY is clearly gunning for this role.
* Mrs. Claus is mentioned in "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]].
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==▼
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
* In one arc on ''[[Peanuts]]'', Sally thinks that [[Santa Claus]] ''is'' a Mrs. Claus, named Samantha Claus. Charlie Brown teases Sally at one point, asking, "Does Samantha Claus say 'Ho, ho, ho," or does she just smile daintily?"
** In another arc Sally decides she wants to write to Mrs. Claus instead of Santa, and Charlie Brown says that he thinks her name is "[[Punny Name|Mary Christmas]]." Sally is intrigued.
{{quote|''Congratulations on deciding [[The Maiden Name Debate|to keep your own name]].''}}
== [[Radio]] ==
* ''The [[Reduced Shakespeare Company]] Christmas'' has the song "Mrs. Santa Claus."▼
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* In the Deep 7 role-playing game
* In the Christmas parade at [[Disneyland]], Mrs. Claus is in charge of the mail room where the letters to Santa come in.▼
▲* In the Deep 7 role-playing game "Santa's Soldiers," Mrs. Claus is the grandmotherly-appearing and ''very deadly'' head of the the paramilitary elf branch. No one knows her true story, ''no one wants to ask.'' And should you cross her, she will "kick your jingly elf ass from one end of the workshop to the other."
== [[Theme Parks]] ==
▲* In the Christmas parade at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]], Mrs. Claus is in charge of the mail room where the letters to Santa come in.
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▲* ''The [[Reduced Shakespeare Company]] Christmas'' has the song "Mrs. Santa Claus."
* Mrs. Claus is summonable item in both ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' games. While she doesn't give out presents like her husband, during the level in the first game where you have to "return the favor to Santa" (by giving him something he likes as a gift), she is a solution. D'aww.
* The Holiday packs for ''[[The Sims]] 2'' has a Mrs. Claus dress that is trimmed [[Pretty in Mink|with white fur]], thus is [[Pimped-Out Dress|decorated enough]] to count as a [["Happy Holidays" Dress]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Appears in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. She takes over from Santa when he's infected by alien DNA, including battling Bun-Bun with [[Guns Akimbo|twin Uzis]]. She is also taken hostage by Bun-Bun during the Holiday Wars arc, and eventually helps trick him into using the [[Deus Ex Machina|Deus Egg Machina]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
▲== Western Animation ==
* In the [[An Asskicking Christmas|action cartoon]] ''Super Santa'' (from Nickelodeon's ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]'' series), the [[Badass Santa|super-powered Santa]] was paired with Emma Claus, named after Emma Peel of ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', who wore a [[Spy Catsuit]] under her more typical matronly robes.
* She's a vampire in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** [[Our Vampires Are Different|The Head Head Vampire]], to be exact. She tends to turn her husband into a vampire periodically. He's quite good-natured about it.
* In the [[Show Within a Show]] ''KISS Saves Santa'', seen in the first [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Mrs. Claus is seen dispensing kindly advice to [[
* She appears in ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]'' as a vaguely European dark-haired woman who urges Santa to eat ("whoever heard of a skinny Santa?"), and who criticizes him for not appreciating the elves' singing.▼
▲* In the [[Show Within a Show]] ''KISS Saves Santa'', seen in the first [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Mrs. Claus is seen dispensing kindly advice to [[Kiss]] before they go [[Saving Christmas|rescue Santa]] from pterodactyls.
* Played by [[Betty White]] in the ''[[Prep and Landing]]'' spin-off short "Operation: Secret Santa".
* Mrs. Claus is briefly seen in the background at one point in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''. Even though she's visible for a few seconds at best, the animators still had to trim her ears out of fear that it looked like Santa had married an elf.
* In the ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' [[Christmas Special]], Alvin has given away his prized "Golden Echo Harmonica" to a sick boy, and now needs to raise money for a replacement, so he can play it at Carnegie Hall. He fails, and is moping at the department store when a kindly old lady who is "very far from home" buys it for him, in exchange for a song. The last scene reveals that she was actually Mrs. Claus.
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* She's actually given an origin in ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'', one of the few specials that portrays Santa as a young man. Named Jessica, she's a strict [[Schoolmarm]] who initially supports Burgermeister Meisterburger's ban on toys, but quickly [[Defrosting Ice Queen| defrosts when]] Kris presents her with the china doll that she always wanted as a child. When he, the Kringles and the Winter Warlock are imprisoned she breaks them out (empowering the flying reindeer in the process) and goes on the run with them.* She's [[A Day In The Limelight|the star]] of ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]'' (or at least the [[First-Person Peripheral Narrator]]), a special where she's trying to help her husband get motivated. She's also the one who takes Iggy, Jingle and Jangle to see [[Elemental Embodiment|Snow Miser and Heat Miser.]]
** As noted above, Delta Burke played her in the 2006 [[Live Action Adaptation]]. In a callback to ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'', Santa calls her "Jess" at one point.
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