I think this is Santa #2 in the great Santa quest, and I like him quite a bit. He’s got a good face, real hair and beard, wire-rimmed glasses, and a pretty good suit. The trouble is, he’s just kind of big to scale with the Minions. Maybe it was his Hulk-like size that inspired his bad attitude (Or is it a good attitude? You decide) in this cartoon.

I love the seedy, “dive-bar” atmosphere of this panel. It’s not perfect, but it’s got some good details; the pay phone, the wood-grain paneling, the crappy strings of Christmas lights. By the way, did you notice Doctor Head-in-a-jar in this shot? He sits behind the bar a lot, going unnoticed, eavesdropping on people’s secrets, filing the information away, not unlike Santa Claus himself! And now he knows Santa’s secrets too. Hmmm…