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* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: The Warlock considered the grain that made reindeer fly a failed experiment; ''boy'' is he wrong.
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Pretty much every trope associated with Santa is put into the plot. Whoda thunk that the first Christmas trees were the ones Kris and Jessica decorated for their outlaw wedding in the wild?
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Freeze-frame on the list of kids in Sombertown that Kris writes up. Along with more familiar first names like "Jacky" and "Frank", you'll see things like "Irean", "Daian", "Fread", "Crenon", "Feiber" and "Heace". Some of those overlap very strongly with [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]
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* [[Happily Adopted]]: Kris, by the Kringles.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Jessica.
* [[Hate Sink]]: The Burgermeister. He's a lot goofier than most examples of this trope, but since he's a humorless adult obsessed with not letting the children of Sombertown have fun, he still runs afoul of it. It's best exemplified when he gets so fed up with Kris sneaking toys to the children, that he has them all tossed into a roaring bonfire while the crying children are forced to watch. Being petty is one thing, but the Burgermeister definitely takes it to new heights.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The Winter Warlock.
{{quote|'''Mr. Warlock, if you please!'''}}
** Then, later, after his icy heart (literally) melts:
{{quote|'''[[My Name Is Not Durwood|Please, call me 'Winter.' ]]'''}}
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Rudolph is mentioned briefly, but the narrator says, "that's another story".
* [[Hot Librarian]]: Jessica, the schoolteacher of Sombertown.
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Penguin]]: The Burgermeister finally lays a trap for Kris and catches him coming out of a chimney. Kris surrenders when he realizes they've already captured Topper.
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{{quote|'''Winter Warlock:''' Don't mind the tree monsters -- their bark is worse than their bite.}}
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Kris (Mickey Rooney) and the narrator, S.D. Kluger (Fred Astaire).
* [[Just So Stories]]: The origin of Santa Claus has a lot of scenes that explain the oldest stories about him. He starts entering housed via chimneys after Meisterberger orders to townsfolk to lock their doors. He uses flying reindeer to pull his sleigh as the only magic the Warlock had to break them out of jail was something that made reindeer fly. And he grows a beard and travels by night because he's a fugitive.
* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: Jessica, during her song sequence.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: Topper the penguin. For some reason, while sputtering after the penguin's display of affectionate gratitude, the word 'topper' comes out of Kris's mouth and he decides that's what the penguin's name will be.
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* [[Rhymes on a Dime]]: All of the male Kringles -- other than Kris -- have first names that rhyme with Kringle, such as Wingle and Dingle.
* [[Santa Claus]]
* [[Single-Palette Town]]: Sombertown is gray, which makes Kris' red coat stand out all the more.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: There is apparently only ''one'' female Kringle. Then again, she ''is'' explicitly called "the elf queen", and is twice the size of the males; maybe they have a biology similar to bees...
* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]:
{{quote|''Mister'' Warlock, if you please!}}
* [[Title Drop]]: When the [[Title Theme Tune]] is sung at the beginning and at the end, and very nearly when Kris [[Waxing Lyrical|Waxes Lyrical]] to the kids of Sombertown ''(See below)''.
* [[Ultimate Authority Mayor]]: Burgermeister Meisterburger, who has the power to ban toys "throughout the land, from sea to sea."
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