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* GermanicDepressives: He's a fun-hating, iron-fisted old codger with a strong German accent.
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* AlliterativeName: His adoptive family name him Kris Kringle.

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* ForWantOfANail: Had Burgermeister Meisterburger not sent him off to the orphan asylum and raised him as his own kid, he never would have become Santa Claus.


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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Had Burgermeister Meisterburger not sent him off to the orphan asylum and raised him as his own kid, he never would have become Santa Claus.
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* TookALevelInCheerfulness: As the years go by, the citizens of Sombertown become more accepting of Santa Claus and more disapproving of the Burgermeister’s “No Toy” rule.
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* ChildHater: He hates kids so much, he refuses to take in young baby Claus. [[spoiler:This bites him in the ass when he dies without an heir.]]

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* ChildHater: Deconstructed hard. He hates kids so much, he refuses to take in young baby Claus. [[spoiler:This bites him in the ass when he dies without an heir.]]
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: While he's often addressed as S.D. Kluger, the fact that his first and middle initials are Special and Delivery raises some questions about his parents' naming decisions.

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: While he's often addressed as S.D. Kluger, the fact that his first and middle initials are Special and Delivery raises some questions about his parents' naming decisions. Although the reveal in ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'' that he was an orphan who grew up in a town run by orphaned children might explain it: maybe he was named by the other kids when they decided to make him their mailman.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: Given how easily Santa slips by them, they aren't the smartest bunch of guards around.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Given how easily Santa slips by them, they aren't the smartest bunch of guards around. around.
* SurroundedByIdiots: How they get to keep their jobs even though they repeatedly fail to catch Kris is anyone’s guess.

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* BeyondRedemption: Noteworthy in that most Rankin-Bass Christmas special villains ''aren't'' this. The Burgermeister ultimately has no redemption or forgiveness in the story and instead he [[spoiler:quietly dies offscreen, forgotten by all, with no one sorry to see him go]].


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* TheIrredeemableException: Noteworthy in that most Rankin-Bass Christmas special villains redeem themselves in a fashion or so. The Burgermeister stands out by ultimately having no redemption or forgiveness in the story and instead he [[spoiler:quietly dies offscreen, forgotten by all, with no one sorry to see him go]].
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do you expect? He's easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do did you expect? He's He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do you expect? He is He's easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well what do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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* PerpetualFrowner: Well Well, what do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what did you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, Well what did do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do did you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Well, what do you expect? He is easily upset, stubborn, and hates the anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood, mostly they give him a hard time whenever they meet, and he mistreats everyone, bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at them and giving them a hard time whenever they fail and not do his jobs right.

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