Favourite TV/Movie version of Santa Claus?

[AGXStarseed]

We're all familiar with the story of the magical man in red, who we're told leaves us gifts after breaking into our homes without ever setting off an alarm.
In all the years, we've seen many interpretations of the character - whether its the actual Santa or somebody pretending to be him, whether he's young or old, kind or rude, happy or grumpy, traditional or modern, live-action or animated, from a good movie or from a bad movie etc.

As such, do you have any versions of Santa that you like the best?

To give you an idea, watch the Nostalgia Critic's Top 12 Santas on YouTube - I'm not allowed to link it here as it contains bad language.
(I'll leave a written list below if you don't like watching his videos).

List from the video:
12. Kris Kringle - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (Rankin/Bass)

11. Mall Santa - A Christmas Story

10. North (Russian Santa) - Rise of the Guardians

09. Jack Skellington - The Nightmare Before Christmas

08. Henry Corwin - The Twilight Zone: "Night of the Meek" (1960)

07. St. Nicholas - Fred Claus

06. Santa the 20th - Arthur Christmas

05. Mr Cutlip - The Wonder Years: "A Very Cutlip Christmas"

04. Kris Kringle - Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

03. Kris Kringle - Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

02. Santa Claus - Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

01. Seth Applegate - Ernest Saves Christmas

 

[Bolletje]

I liked Bad Santa.
The Santa from Happy! was cool too.

 

[Graphin]

I am not even able to come up with 12 versions of santa

 

[Autistamatic]

I liked Bad Santa.
The Santa from Happy! was cool too.

You're speaking my language
Billy Bob Thornton is a legend and Happy! was tremendous fun. I'm SO looking forward to season 2 in May.

 

[Pats]

I liked Tim Allen's Santa 'Clause'

 

[Tom]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964). I have never seen it, but kinda like knowing its there.

 

[Judge]

Y'all forgot about Robot Santa Claus in "Futurama".

 

[Mr Allen]

I liked Santa Claus - The Movie, the one with Dudley Moore that came out in the mid 80's.

 

[Metalhead]

Rare Exports

 

[LadyBird84]

I like the Grinch..

 

[AGXStarseed]

I'll add a couple:

Father Christmas: Originally appearing briefly in the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs The Snowman, he later got a full animated movie to himself simply titled Father Christmas - which serves as a sequel to The Snowman but takes place before The Snowman and the Snowdog - that combined two of Raymond Brigg's other stories; one of Santa going on holiday to various places and the other showing him making his deliveries around the world.
This version of Santa (voiced by the late comedian Mel Smith) lives in a house in Britain with his cat, dog and two reindeer and seems much like a typical person; he can get angry, confused and fed up but he can also still be a likeable person who you empathize with -especially considering how difficult his job is, even if the journey is only one day a year.
If you get a chance to watch Father Christmas I'd recommend it. Here's the song from the short - simply titled "Another Bloomin' Christmas!".

Santa - "The Christmas Chronicles": I know this one is new and I won't go too much into it for anyone who's interested in watching it on Netflix, but Kurt Russell's Santa has easily won me over; he's funny, he's a good singer, he's serious when he needs to be and he can be pretty inspiring (although when he tries to inspire and fails it can be pretty funny). I particularly find it funny how he takes offense to pictures showing him as fat, which had me and my mum giggling when we watched it.
Here's the trailer:

 

[tlc]

Funny Santa - Matt Foley Santa on SNL, livin in a van down by the river.

Traditional Santa - the Santa from the Rudolph cartoon.

Good call on the Mr Cutlip Santa. I thought that one was forgotten by most.

 

[Mr Allen]

Y'all forgot about Robot Santa Claus in "Futurama".

Yeah except Futurama in general sucks, it's basically a poor man's Simpsons.

 

[Judge]

Yeah except Futurama in general sucks, it's basically a poor man's Simpsons.

LOL. Says you.

"Futurama was nominated for 17 Annie Awards, winning seven, and 12 Emmy Awards, winning six. It was nominated four times for a Writers Guild of America Award, winning for the episodes "Godfellas" and "The Prisoner of Benda". It was nominated for a Nebula Award and received Environmental Media Awards for the episodes "The Problem with Popplers" and "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular". Merchandise includes a tie-in comic book series, video games, calendars, clothes and figurines. In 2013, TV Guide ranked Futurama one of the top 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time."

Futurama - Wikipedia

 

[Riley]

My favorite Santa is the one from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

 

[Ezra]

Death has to fill in for Santa (aka Hogfather from Discworld)

 

[Mr Allen]

Fred Flinstone in "A Flintstone Christmas" back in the 70's, he was brilliant, although the main reason I used to watch the Flintstones was because I'm in love with both the wives, especially Betty.