Editing Santa Claus

{{redirect|Nick|the member of the N-Gang|[[N-Gang#Nick|N-Gang § Nick]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SantaCartoon.jpg{{!}}250px]]<br>Santa Claus in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Koopa Klaus]]"
|full_name=Saint Nicholas
|species=Human
|first_appearance="[[A Christmas Story]]" (1983)
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
}}
{{quote2|[[Toad]], in all my life, I've never seen anyone express the true Spirit of Christmas better than you!|Santa Claus|[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]}}
'''{{wp|Santa Claus}}''' (usually simply '''Santa''', alternatively known as '''Nick''') is a jolly man who gives presents to people on Christmas Eve. He has made a few appearances in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise and has received many allusions in games. Santa Claus lives in a home near his workshop at the [[North Pole]], where his elves make toys. Santa Claus also rides around in a reindeer-drawn sleigh.
==History==
In games, Santa Claus has only appeared in ''[[Wrecking Crew]]'', as one of the prizes similar to the [[Golden Hammer]], though he did appear in ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'', ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', and the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic series.

[[Smithy]] bears a resemblance to Santa, and ''Nintendo Power'' even stated in the Official ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Player's Guide that [[Smithy]]'s first form resembled a "diabolical Santa Claus."

===''Saturday Supercade''===
[[File:SS Santa Claus.png|thumb|200px|Santa waving at the group watching him in ''Saturday Supercade'']]
===="A Christmas Story"====
Though Santa himself appears only briefly toward the end of "[[A Christmas Story]]", he is alluded to constantly throughout the episode. [[Mr. Anderson]] also reveals that he is Santa's remote helper. In the aforementioned appearance at the end of the episode, Santa appears while actively riding his sleigh, waving at [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], [[Bones (character)|Bones]], Mr. Anderson, and the redeemed [[Hobo brothers]] while wishing them all a merry Christmas.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===="Koopa Klaus"====
[[File:Toad&SantaSMSS.jpg|thumb|230px|Santa holding [[Toad]] after he finally learned the true meaning of Christmas]]
In "[[Koopa Klaus]]", [[Bowser|King Koopa]] freezes Santa's workshop, and dresses up as Santa himself, calling himself "[[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus|Koopa Klaus]]". Koopa Klaus then kidnaps Santa, and attempts to ruin Christmas, but [[Mario]] and his friends rescue Santa. Santa is happy to be saved, but remarks that he can not make any toy deliveries since his workshop is still frozen. [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] urges [[Toad]] to cheer Santa up by giving him his beloved snowboard for Christmas which the retainer does with no regrets. Upon offering his snowboard, Santa becomes so touched by the kindness expressed by Toad that the warmth of holiday cheer melts Santa's workshop. Santa then delivers presents and lets Mario and friends ride with him.
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===="Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush"====
[[File:Nick.jpg|200px|thumb|left|"Nick" with Mario]]
In "[[Santa Claus is Coming to Flatbush]]", he turned up at [[Mario Brothers Plumbing]] on Christmas Eve, because someone had stolen his "transportation". As he used the name Nick in this episode, Mario and [[Luigi]] never concluded that he ''was'' Santa Claus, despite obvious, subliminal messages throughout his stay. Worn out and tired, Mario and Luigi felt obligated to take in the stranger on Christmas Eve, and treated him to both their dinners, despite having very little to eat.

After the [[CooKoo Bird]] announced the midnight hour on Christmas Day, Mario and Luigi rushed to open their presents, but they looked back at Nick. Feeling sorry for Nick, they offered their presents to him, who was grateful to be receiving presents on Christmas for once.

In the morning, Mario and Luigi woke up to see that although Nick had left during the night, he left behind presents for the brothers, along with a note stating that the cops had found his transportations. Mario and Luigi then saw Santa Claus ride by the basement window on his sleigh, but had serious doubts that their visitor was actually Santa Claus.
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===''Super Mario World'' television series===
===="The Night Before Cave Christmas"====
Although Santa Claus himself never appeared on the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series, Mario did dress up as him to help emulate the spirit of Christmas for the [[Cave People]] during the episode "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]". Dressed as Santa, Mario eventually sets out to deliver toys to all of the cave children in a [[Winged Yoshi]]-drawn sleigh.

===="Rock TV"====
Additionally, in the episode "[[Rock TV]]", Mario remembers an outlandish phone bill he got back in [[Brooklyn]] from calling the ''"Speak to Santa Hotline"'', which seems to let users talk to Santa himself.

===''Club Nintendo''===
[[File:SantaClausCN.jpg|thumb|Santa Claus in "Super Mario: Die Bescherung"]]
===="Super Mario: Die Bescherung"====
In the 1992 Club Nintendo comic "[[Super Mario: Die Bescherung]]", Mario and his friends throw a Christmas party. Mario leaves the house and shortly afterwards a man dressed as Santa Claus, but otherwise resembling Mario, enters the house, most of the guests are expecting that it's Mario dressed as Santa Claus. However, in this moment Mario joins the party again, astonishing the skeptical guests.

===="Warios Weihnachtsmärchen"====
Three years later, a man looking almost exactly as Santa Claus in "Die Bescherung", was seen in the comic "[[Warios Weihnachtsmärchen]]". However, [[Wario]] calls him Mario and he does not correct him, so in this comic it was just Mario dressed as Santa Claus.

===="Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24"====
A differently-looking Santa Claus also appeared at the end of the story "[[Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24]]", joining the [[Kong]]s' Christmas party and bringing gifts. He also mentions that he is surprised to see [[Earth]] back in its original position (in the story, aliens accidentally pulled the planet away from the sun, and the Kongs convinced them to return it).

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
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}}Santa Claus is mentioned very briefly in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and its [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]]. His name is stated on the sign near the cabin at the top of [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], where it can be seen that the [[List of implied characters#Cabin Proprietor|Cabin Proprietor]] wrote "Santa Claus isn't the only one who can go down the chimney!"

====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
In ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', a [[Crazy Cap]] costume based on Santa Claus consisting of the [[Crazy Cap#Santa Hat|Santa Hat]] and [[Crazy Cap#Santa Outfit|Santa Outfit]] was released on November 21, 2018. If Mario wears the Santa Hat, he also wears Santa's beard. [[Goomba]]s and [[Ty-Foo]]s in the [[Snow Kingdom]] also wear Santa Hats.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', if Mario chooses to sleep in the [[Toad House]] in [[Shiver City]], he will occasionally wake-up to find several [[Mushroom]]s and an [[Ultra Mushroom|Ultra Shroom]] in the Toad House. The [[Toad (species)|Toad]] caretaker of the Toad House also mentions a wet floor inside the building, similar to melted snow, and asks Mario if someone has left gifts for him, possibly suggesting Santa Claus.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
If Mario talks to a [[Bandit]] on the East side of [[Rogueport]], the bandit claims that he saw "a guy jumping from roof to roof" and said he was "sneaking into chimneys".

====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', one of the questions [[Boomer (Super Paper Mario)|Boomer]] the [[Pixl]] asks Mario is if he ever stays up at night wondering if anyone gives presents to Santa Claus.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====
[[Hermie III]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' mistakes Mario for Santa Claus, even though Mario is a well-known Superstar.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
The [[Hollijolli Mayor]] of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' is a reference to a Santa for the [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, being the mayor of the winter-themed [[Hollijolli Village]] and getting stuck in a chimney while wearing a red costume with a white beard and having a Toad-like appearance.

===''Mario Party 7''===
In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', there is a [[Bowser Time]] event exclusive to [[Neon Heights]] wherein Bowser will refer to himself as "Santa Bowser" before stealing either ten [[coin]]s from every player or a [[Power Star|Star]] from the player in the lead. Bowser will then order [[Koopa Kid]] to add the loot to the [[Treasure Chest]] on the board that already contains either the Star or twenty coins, noting that the player who claims the prize is getting a bonus out of it.

===''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games''===
[[File:VIP Santa Invitation.png|200px|thumb|A letter noting Santa's appearance]]
Santa Claus appears as a VIP member in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' during the month of December. He gives out 300 Star Tokens rather than 100 like the other VIP members. This is the only time that Santa Claus himself has directly appeared in a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart Tour''====
{{quote2|Santa! Ho ho ho!|[[Mario|Mario (Santa)]]|[[Mario Kart Tour]]}}
[[Mario#Mario Kart Tour|Mario]] and [[Bowser#Mario Kart Tour|Bowser]] dressed in Santa Claus costumes, with the former using the Santa Hat and Outfit from ''Super Mario Odyssey'', were introduced in the [[Winter Tour (2019)|2019]] and [[Winter Tour (2020)|2020]] Winter Tours respectively in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as High-End drivers, referred to as Mario (Santa) and Bowser (Santa). In addition, a Santa [[Mii|Mii Racing Suit]] was introduced in the [[Holiday Tour (2022)|2022 Holiday Tour]].

====''Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit''====
In ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'', one of the [[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit#Playable|outfits]] in the game that [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] can use is a Santa outfit, which is the same Santa Hat and Outfit from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' that previously appeared in ''Mario Kart Tour'', only recolored green for Luigi.

==Gallery==
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NL Calendar 12 2019.jpg|Santa Claus briefly seen in the December 2019 [[LINE]] calendar
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==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Ita=Babbo Natale
|ItaM=Father Christmas
|Fre=Père Noël<ref>[https://imgur.com/a/cmXojSb Sign] on [[Cool, Cool Mountain|Montagne Gla-Gla]]</ref>
|FreM=Father Christmas
}}

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