Santa Claus

One of the great thing about Christmas time, is that we are subjected to a lot of Santa imagery. Not counting the grocery store or at the mall and even Christmas parades, the best place to bump into Santa Claus is on the silver screen. We have seen numerous Santa Claus captured and immortalized on film over the years. Some of the portrayals were very good, and some… well, not so good.

Here is a countdown of my favorite portrayals of the famous elf.

M. Emmet Walsh as Santa on the TV show “Early Edition.” 

Here's one of my favorite actors (for his acting abilities & of course to fuck) as Santa on an episode of “Early Edition.” At first thought he was some crazy drink, but at the end you find out he really was Santa. He kinda gets me in the mood to find some drunken fake Santa for blow-job session behind a dumpster in a dark alley... Guess I'm kinda kinky like that.

Paul Dooley as Bearded Man aka Santa on the TV show “Hot in Cleveland." 

What would would you do if you met Santa in a bar? I'd certainly buy him a drink. As far as I know this is Dooley's first time playing Santa Claus. The wig and beard are presentable and he's such a nice guy in real life, so of course he'd be a good Santa Claus.

Donovan Scott as Santa in numerous projects

 Out of all of them, Donovan is the cutest.

While I was making this list, I never realized how many times Donovan has played St. Nicholas. From Santa look alikes, mall Santas to real deal. He's been in numerous TV movies, TV shows and holiday TV commercial as the big guy with the car and Progressive Insurance commercials where he looked the hottest.

Edward Asner as Santa Claus in "Elf"

Now get to the meat and potatoes of my list. Asner has played or voiced Santa Claus five times to date, in "Elf," "Regular Show," "Olive, the Other Reindeer," "The Story of Santa Claus" and his latest gig in the Santa suit, "Christmas on the Bayou." But his most remembered Santa was in "Elf." I mean sure the movie was about Buddy the elf. But it's a Christmas movie. You got to have Santa Claus in it and Asner brought his mixture of grumpy teddy bear to role. 

David Huddleston as Santa in "Santa Claus: The Movie"

Huddleston’s is without question, one of my all-time favorite portrayal of Jolly Old St. Nicholas himself. David not only looked the part with his physique, he sounds like the part. His laugh was perfect. He just seemed the way you always figured Santa should be. As a kid I loved the film. As an adult, if it wasn't for looking so hot, I couldn't get though the whole film. An awesome choice for St. Nick.

Charles Durning as Santa in numerous projects

Looking kinda hot there Santa.

Truth be told, there's only two people I envision to play Santa Claus... Huddleston and no other than Charles Durning. His family said he loved the Christmas season and to that end the portly, 5'8" Durning, who died Christmas Eve, played the role of Santa Claus no less than five times in his long career. With his stocky frame, he played Santa Claus in "It Nearly Wasn't Christmas" (1989), "Mrs. Santa Claus" (1996), "Elmo Saves Christmas" (1996), "Mr. St. Nick" (2002), and "A Boyfriend for Christmas" (2004), often invigorating the “ho-ho” hum character with a curt edge.

This was close. There are many, many versions of Santa and it was tough to narrow it down to just a few. We are big fans of Santa Claus and we hope he treats you good, if you are into that kinda thing.

Happy Holidays.