Mall Santa: Difference between revisions

== [[Film]] ==

* Classic film example from a child's perspective: ''[[A Christmas Story]]''.

* Both versions of ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' use the real Santa, Kris Kringle, as a department store Santa. In the original, it's Macy's; in the remake, it's [[Brand X|Cole's]]. At least in the original, he's replacing a terrible, drunken Mall Santa, so bonus points there.

* ''[[Elf]]'' - Buddy, who knows the real Santa, is incensed when an impostor shows up at the department store he works in. He accuses the fake of smelling "like beef and cheese!" and gets into a fistfight with him. After that, the store gets a different Santa- who is ''black''.

* The European horror/comedy short subjects ''[[Rare Exports]]'' purport to tell the true story of where the red-suited entities seen in stores at Christmas actually come from. {{spoiler|They're actually centuries-old cryptozoological wild men, captured and trained until they can be trusted to hold children on their laps without ripping them apart. That is, unless someone is foolish enough to do one of the things that enrages them... }} It's revealed in [[The Movie]] {{spoiler|that these "Santas" are in fact just Santa's little elves. The ''real'' Santa is [[Eldritch Abomination|much, much worse]]. And most definitely Mall Santa material.}}

* In ''[[Home Alone]]'', Kevin runs to find a Santa in time on Christmas Eve. He finds one getting into his car after quiting time. He quickly puts his beard back on and does his best Jolly Old St. Nick, but Kevin tells him not to bother. He already knows he's not the real Santa, but he knows he does work for him. He then asks him to relay the message that he wants his family back.

* The one in ''[[All I Want for Christmas]]'' is visited twice, due to Hallie thinking her wish was [[Exact Words|phrased wrong]].

* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' features a scene of [[Peter Jackson]] as Father Christmas stabbing [[Simon Pegg]] in the hand.

* The crime film ''The Silent Partner'' involves a mall Santa who turns out to be a bank robber...and then gets caught up in dueling gambits with a teller at the bank who wants to keep the loot for himself.

 

== [[Literature]] ==