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[[File:christmas-pin-up 1477.jpg|frame|It's the most [[Sarcasm Mode|wholesome time]] of the year.]]

{{quote|"You're supposed to be [[Mrs. Claus|Santa's wife]], not [[The Mistress|his mistress]]!"
|'''Geneva''', ''[[Hangin' With Mr. Cooper]]''}}

A '''Sexy Santa Dress''' is a sexy dress designed to make it clear it's to be worn for Christmas time. The outfit is [[Lady in Red|usually red]], and trimmed with either [[Pretty in Mink|fur (real]] or [[It's Fake Fur, It's Fine|fake]]) or with [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|feathers]]. The exact form of the dress can vary:
* Usually it's a mini dress.
* Sometimes it's a sexy top and short skirt (in order to [[Bare Your Midriff]]).
* Sometimes it's a sexy top and hot pants (again for midriff baring).
* Sometimes it will be a leotard shaped outfit.

Considered [[Fetish Fuel]] by many, and therefore shows will often have a [[Mall Santa]] with [[Fan Service|one or more ladies wearing this]], whether or not it happens in [[Real Life]].

[[Side-Story Bonus Art]] in [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] often has holiday pics with female characters wearing these dresses.

While it's hard to tell for sure how old this trope is, it's unlikely to have been around before the days of Ziegfeld.

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Pimped-Out Dress]], [[Costume Porn]], and [[Sexy Whatever Outfit]].

A [[Sister Trope]] to [["Happy Holidays" Dress]] (the one with the longer skirt, and is therefore warmer), [[Mini-Dress of Power]].

Compare [[Fur Bikini]], [[Sweater Girl]], [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]], [[Costume Porn]], [[Exposed to the Elements]], [[An Ice Suit]].

'''This is about the dress, ''not'' any kind of Christmas fanservice.'''

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==  Anime and Manga ==
* Several official illustrations featuring [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] play this up.
** She also stuffs Mikuru into one for the Christmas party in ''Disappearance''.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'''s first [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|Megami Sound Stage]], which was set immediately before the second season's [[Christmas Episode]], had a CD Jacket featuring Nanoha and Fate wearing a skimpy Santa and reindeer suit respectively.
* In the ''[[FLCL]]'' [[Manga]], Haruko dresses Mamimi in one and, along with Ninamori, [[Sexy Shirt Switch|who dresses in only an extra-large men's shirt]] (calling Haruko and Mamimi amateurs...), the three of them spend the night in Naota's room in order to [[Harem|toy with his hormones]].
* In the anime OVA ''[[Itsudatte My Santa!]]'' a [[Magical Girl]] trainee Santa Claus called Mai has this as the outfit she [[Transformation Sequence|transforms into]] to perform magic.
* In ''[[Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok]]'', Mayura wears a dress that has a short skirt, but isn't quite revealing enough to be the skimpy kind.
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'':
** [[Ambiguously Gay|Poland]].
** [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Vietnam]], too, in a picture on the author's blog.
** Lampshaded in a Christmas comic with Hungary.
* The cover picture for Period 78 of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' features Asuna, Konoka, and Setsuna wearing the skimpy, short-skirted Santa version.
* In ''[[K-On!]]'' Yui wears one as "punishment" during their Christmas Party, the teacher decides this isn't enough fun and forces Mio into it instead. (In the manga, it's a midriff-baring top and skirt, while the anime is a one-piece with straps, short enough to show a lot of leg.)
* Not all ''that'' skimpy, but Aoi-Santa (Santaoi?) wears one in the [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]] [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Enishi]]''. (The implication is that all the female Santas in that world wear them.)
* Official [[Rumiko Takahashi]] illustrations of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' have given [[Gender Bender|female]] Ranma plenty of Christmas leotards as well as New Year [[Pimped-Out Dress|kimonos]] for the respective holiday issues of [[Shonen Sunday]].
* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'':
** Ayumu Nishizawa wears this on some cover pages, and appears in it during the first anime season.
** Nagi has worn this on a cover page, too—or rather, '' had been wearing.''
** As of issue 300, 1st place and 2nd place in the character polls  {{spoiler|Hinagiku and Athena respectively}} get added to this list.
* In the first Christmas chapter of the ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' manga, [[Hot Mom]] Aki Hinata wears this getup at the Christmas party the Keronians throw.
* The Santa stand-in girls in ''[[Those Who Hunt Elves]]''.
* In ''[[Love Hina]]'', there's a [http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-comics-2007/2286-1.jpg cover of the manga] that has the main female cast in various forms of these dresses.
* The dresses for the cover of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' [[The Merch|Sailor Stars "Merry Christmas!" CD]] has all of the girls in [http://sailormusic.net/covers/Merry%20Christmas.jpg cute Santa dresses].
* In an episode of the second season of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' Urd wears one of these dresses.
* Every arc of the ''[[Amagami SS]]'' anime gives us a glimpse of some of the girls in this get-up, especially Morishima who has won the "Miss Santa" contest three years running.
* ''Mitsudomoe'':
**  [[Played for Laughs]] with Hitoha and Mitsuba (among plenty of others).
** Played straight with Kuriyama-sensei.
* In an [[OVA]] of ''[[Galaxy Fraulein Yuna]]'', Yuri wears a jacket and hot shorts form of this.
* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - Miki, Ami and Mami on the [[Christmas Episode]].

== Comic Books ==
* The girls from [[Archie Comics]] are often depicted wearing skimpy version on the covers of the Christmas issues.
** [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Comic Book)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]] wore one in a cover that was a pastiche of elements from different holidays.
** ''[[Katy Keene]]'' has a few.
* There is a superhero comic called "Chrissie Claus", and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120130162548/http://www.heroicpub.com/heroicpub/chrissie/ her costume is this].
* [[Empowered]] wore this in some bonus material.


== Fan Works ==
* A male version of this trope was worn by Xandir of ''[[Drawn Together]]''.{{context}} <!-- MOD:  Where?  In what work?  A fanfic?  A drawing on a DeviantArt page?  Where can it be found?  If no answer is forthcoming by the end of 2021, this example should be deleted.  -->


== Film ==
* ''[[Mean Girls]]'' has the titular girls miming to Jingle Bell Rock in versions of this outfit. This is apparently the act they do every year in the talent show. We ought to note that the choreography was done by Janis Ian before she and Regina stopped speaking in [[Middle School]]; one presumes that the outfits were less revealing then.
* In ''[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]'' Harmony wears one of these because she's working at a sleazy Christmas party.
* ''[[Love Actually]]'' has a bunch of women wearing these outfits in a music video with Bill Nighy's [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight|aging rocker]].
* The [[Winter Royal Lady|Ice Princess]] outfit in ''[[Batman Returns]]''.
* A porn star wears a revealing Santa cloak, with thigh-high boots and a leather thong, in ''[[Don't Open Till Christmas]]''.


== Live-Action TV ==
* In ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Tim Taylor had Jill wear one of these when trying to take a family Christmas picture. He didn't make her wear it when they tried again, but did suggest she wear it for private moments.
* In ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'', Alan's crazy Christmas loving girlfriend dons a skimpy costume when she realizes Santa's not coming because she's been a bad girl.
* A staple of [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s annual ''Tribute to the Troops'' Christmas specials.
* In the ''[[Psych]]'' holiday episode, Gus's hot sister wears one of these as a disguise.
* In a Christmas episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', Anna Wu wears one for the Holiday sales season.
* Elaine from ''[[Seinfeld]]'' wore this on the photo for her holiday cards. The one showing a nipple.
* [[American Football|NFL Cheerleaders]] are guaranteed to wear these for the team's last home game before Christmas. Double points if it's outdoors and the women are in danger of freezing something important off.
* Vanessa went this route in an episode of ''[[Hangin' With Mr. Cooper]]'', when asked to dress up as a Mrs. [[Mall Santa]]. This angered Mark a bit, as it was a rental. Mark's [[Straight Man|Straight Woman]] cousin Geneva's reaction was priceless, giving the page quote.
* Worn by Victoria Jackson on a Christmas episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' from 1989 (host: Andie MacDowell; musical guest: Tracy Chapman) on a Weekend Update segment where she plays a lonely Mrs. Claus who sings "Santa Please Skip Christmas This Year" and ends up [[Fan Service|kissing Dennis Miller and sitting on his lap]].
** The ''SNL'' bumper for the season 36 episode hosted by Paul Rudd had Rudd wearing a sexy Santa dress and heels.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'''s first movie marks the first and only time the (male) character Santa-chan doesn't dress like Santa. When asked why (especially since it actually IS Christmas), Santa opens the door, revealing Queen and Elizabeth (the cute high school girls who help the protagonists) wearing these outfits.
* On Nickelodeon teen show ''[[Victorious]]'', the three main female characters Jade, Tori and Cat all wear differing dresses.
* On ''[[Community]]'', Annie wears one in "[[Community/Recap/S3/E10 Regional Holiday Music|Regional Holiday Music]]". However, its actually a parody; while she originally uses it to seduce Jeff she devolves into a [[Brainless Beauty]] using [[Baby Speak]] that just manages to squick him out.
* Stacy wears one while playing Mrs Claus in an episode of ''[[Spin City]]'' and is immediately swarmed by fathers wanting to sit on her lap.
* Appears during the Season 3 ''[[Glee]]'' [[Christmas Episode]], many of the glee girls wear matching minidresses trimmed in white fur and matching hats (presumably red, but the episode is in black and white) during their number.


== Magazines ==
* The picture on [[Fanservice Cover]] is from ''Playstation Magazine'', and features Kiera from ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' in one of these, with [[Bare Your Midriff]] and [[Cleavage Window]].


== Theater ==
* [[wikipedia:The Rockettes|The Rockettes]] wear skimpy outfits anyway, since anything more [[Justified Trope|would just get in the way of their dancing]]. So of course their holiday season outfits are skimpy too.
* Angel's awesome dress in ''[[Rent]]'' during Today 4 U.


== Toys ==
* [[Barbie]] has worn a few, even though most of her Christmas dresses are the [["Happy Holidays" Dress]].


== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Idolmaster (video game)|THE iDOLM@STER: Live For You]]'' has these as a costume set.
* Often turns up in [[Virtual Paper Doll]] games.
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', there are green and red "Winter Veil" outfits. Not surprisingly, on female characters, the outfit falls under this the skimpy variation, but on male characters, it is much less revealing.
* In ''[[Hitman|Hitman: Blood Money]]'', there is a level taking place at a porn king's mountain villa during the holiday season. You can guess what the women are wearing. Or not wearing as the case may be...
* Rareware did this [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1T4ZbkqoUMA/SU-0w4X3qQI/AAAAAAAABOc/yXRu-OzlNpY/s1600-h/kameo_wwh.jpg official wallpaper] of [[Kameo: Elements of Power|Kameo]].
* ''[[Resonance of Fate]]'' gives us Leanne (or Reanbell) wearing the mini-dress type during a later mission where you must deliver Christmas presents to little kids.
* ''[[StarCraft]]'''s Kerrigan of all people ended up in one of these on a Christmas wallpaper.
** ...Terran or [[Squick|Zerg]]?
* For the Christmas event in ''[[Killing Floor]]'', the Stalker wears a very skimpy Sexy Santa costume.
* ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur IV]]'' features Santa suits as [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] that turns into Sexy Santa Dresses on females.


== Webcomics ==
* Picture comes from ''[[Omake Omatsuri]]''. [http://omakeomatsuri.comicgenesis.com/d/20031222.html The next year], she wore [[Sweater Girl|a sweater]] to be comfortable.
* Ellen wore one in a few ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' filler strips. [http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2004-12-24 One time her mom objects, because she's worried Ellen will catch cold in it.]
* Lilah does this for Ethan in [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20061225 a Christmas edition] of ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'', but Ethan [[Ignore the Fanservice|is too busy playing video games to even look at her.]]
* Drawn for ''[[Skin Horse]]'' by Indigo, the artist of ''Kismetropolis'', it fits the trope but (WARNING) the two [[PHD]]'s in the elf costumes are female and the character in the minidress is [[Attractive Bent Gender|Dr. Tip Wilkins]].
* Some of the Christmas strips in ''[[RPG World]]''.
* Brandi of ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' wore what is basically [http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=942 a Santa corset].
* [http://thedevilspanties.com/archives/date/2005/12/25 Spoofed in] strip from ''[[The Devil's Panties]]''.
{{quote|"I'm gonna' get in '''so''' much trouble for this.}}
* Parodied in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070838/http://blipcomic.com/125/ this strip] of ''[[Blip]]'', where one of the ladies refuses to dress up this way, and others start complaining about how uncomfortable it's making them.
* Jenn and Satan [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=271 both wear one] in this ''[[Casey and Andy]]'' Christmas update.
** And Satan [http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=118 wears another one] in a strip that resembles a printable Christmas card.
* In ''[http://redshine.comicgenesis.com/ Starcommand]'' (late December 2009), Penny is embarrassed to be seen wearing this kind of costume.
* [[Ms. Fanservice|Thae]] of ''[[Overlord Academy]]'' wore one of these in the Christmas voting reward. [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Nova]] wore a more [[Moe]] version.
* Visarah from ''[[Uncreation]]'' wore one in 2010, with Dieter dressed as a [[The Nutcracker (theatre)|nutcracker]].
* In a [[Saving Christmas]] arc in ''[[Evil Inc.|Evil Inc]]'', Lightning Lady gets her standard [[Leotard of Power]] replaced with [https://web.archive.org/web/20130525051903/http://www.evil-comic.com/archive/20091224.html a Santa version].
* Lampshaded by Sydney in ''[[Unintentionally Pretentious]]'' [http://www.unintentionallypretentious.com/index.asp?c=154 here].


== Web Original ==
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has a [http://www.tektek.org/avatar/36827106 "Young Mrs. Claus" set] which is one of these, as well as a [http://www.tektek.org/avatar/36827168 "Santa Baby" outfit] which is pretty much the [[Spear Counterpart]].
* Lar deSouza (aka "Lartist"), draws ''[[Least I Could Do]]'', ''[[Looking for Group]]'', and [http://twitpic.com/t0rqg did this pin-up].
* [[The Gaming Pixie]] wears one in her [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129040126/http://www.gamingpixie.com/122/all-videos/gamereviews/holiday-game-review-metroid/ Metroid review] complete with fur trim, a big, red bow, and a single red rhinestone.


== Western Animation ==
* Turns up in the [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' when Jake accidentally finds himself in the middle of a Christmas-themed chorus line. (The dancers think he is there for the Chinese New Year number that is coming up later.)
* Dr. Girlfriend wears a Christmas outfit in ''[[The Venture Bros]]''. Christmas special.
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' Christmas special, Dr. Doofensmirtz had Santa girls as backup dancers during his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FggbppZZi8U "I Really Don't Hate Christmas"] song. The extended version features Stacy and Jenny wearing these in the song "What Does he want?"
* In the ''[[American Dad]]'' episode "Tears of a Clooney" Steve and Roger start an orphan sweat shop and Steve has two of the teenaged female orphans wear this outfit during winter.
* Cher and Babs wore matching ones in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.

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