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* AmbiguousSituation: What ''would'' have happened if the children had been naughty? Would the Santa creature have eaten them? Would it have simply puked up coal?
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* AmbiguousSituation: What ''would'' have happened if the children had been naughty? Would the Santa creature have eaten them? Would it have simply puked up coal?coal? And does the creature make this judgement on every child in the world, or only the ones who happen to see it while awake?
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Santa drinks through a straw-like tongue, can smell the abstract concepts of goodness and naughtiness, and can regurgitate the perfect gift for good children.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Santa drinks through a straw-like tongue, can smell the abstract concepts of goodness and naughtiness, and can regurgitate the perfect (and beautifully wrapped!) gift for good children.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Billy and Leah's parents apparently weren't woken by all the noise that the Santa creature made, or the screams of their terrified children.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Billy and Leah's parents apparently weren't woken by all the noise that the Santa creature made, or ''or'' the screams of their terrified children.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Billy and Leah's parents apparently weren't woken by all the noise that the Santa creature made, or the screams of their terrified children.
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* CreepyGood: This is a very big ''maybe''. We don't know what would have happened to the kids if the Santa monster had deemed them naughty, but besides that, it is surprisingly friendly toward the duo and gives them the gifts they want.
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* NonMaliciousMonster: This is a very big ''maybe''. We don't know what would have happened to the kids if the Santa monster had deemed them naughty, but besides that, it is surprisingly gentle towards them.
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* StopMotionAnimation: How the short is animated, with some CGI assistanceassistance.
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* HomageShot: Santa's UpCloseWithTheMonster shot with Leah recalls a similar scene in ''Film/Alien3'', with the alien and Leah being positioned similarly to the Xenomorph and Ripley.
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-->'''Leah:''' What would have happened if we weren't good...?
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* LeavingFoodForSanta: This was clearly done, as one of the first signs shown of the "Santa's" form is drinking the milk left in the living room with its straw-like tongue.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Santa does this with Billy. Hardly comforting under the circumstances.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Santa “Santa” does this with Billy. Hardly comforting under the circumstances.
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: The Santa creature looks oddly similar to the Ghouls from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar Secret War]] episode.
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: The Santa creature looks oddly similar to the Ghouls from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar [[Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar Secret War]] episode.
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* NonMaliciousMonster: This is a very big ''maybe''. We don't know what would have happened to the kids if the Santa monster had deemed them naughty, but besides that, it is surprisingly gentle towards them.
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* AmbiguousSituation: What ''would'' have happened if the children had been naughty? Would the Santa creature have eaten them? Would it have simply puked up coal?
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: '''Stay good'''.
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: '''Stay good'''.Ambiguously. '''"Stay good"'''.
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* UpCloseWithTheMonster: Santa goes face to face with the children to smell if they've been good or bad.
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* ReusedCharacterDesign: The Santa creature looks oddly similar to the Ghouls from the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LoveDeathAndRobotsTheSecretWar Secret War]] episode.
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Based on the short story of the same name by Joachim Heijndermans.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Two kids, Billy and Leah, wake up on Christmas Eve hoping to meet Santa Claus but instead encounter a bizarre alien monster.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Santa does this with Billy. Hardly comforting under the circumstances.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Santa drinks through a straw-like tongue, can smell the abstract concepts of goodness and naughtiness, and can regurgitate the perfect gift for good children.
* ChristmasEpisode: Two kids, Billy and Leah, wake up on Christmas Eve hoping to meet SantaClaus Claus. What they encounter is not the Santa they've been told about, but instead encounter a bizarre alien monster.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Santa drinks through a straw-like tongue, can smell the abstract concepts of goodness and naughtiness, and can regurgitate the perfect gift for good children.
* ChristmasEpisode: Two kids, Billy and Leah, wake up on Christmas Eve hoping to meet Santa
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* TheNoseKnows: Santa can smell if a child has been good or bad.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Two kids, Billy and Leah, wake up on Christmas Eve hoping to meet Santa Claus but instead encounter a bizarre alien monster.
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* StopMotionAnimation: What the show is made to look like.like.
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* Santabomination: The grotesque creature playing Santa is a horrific living red sack with hands for a mouth that can smell a child's goodness and regurgitate the perfect gift.
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* Santabomination: {{Santabomination}}: The grotesque creature playing Santa is a horrific living red sack with hands for a mouth that can smell a child's goodness and regurgitate the perfect gift.gift.
* StopMotionAnimation: What the show is made to look like.
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It's Christmas, and two children sneak out of bed to see Santa...
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!!Tropes in this episode include:
* ImpliedDeathThreat: '''Stay good'''.
* NothingIsScarier: There's no clue what would've happened to the children if they'd been deemed naughty...just a lingering question hanging over their heads when they go to bed.
* Santabomination: The grotesque creature playing Santa is a horrific living red sack with hands for a mouth that can smell a child's goodness and regurgitate the perfect gift.
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!!Tropes in this episode include:
* ImpliedDeathThreat: '''Stay good'''.
* NothingIsScarier: There's no clue what would've happened to the children if they'd been deemed naughty...just a lingering question hanging over their heads when they go to bed.
* Santabomination: The grotesque creature playing Santa is a horrific living red sack with hands for a mouth that can smell a child's goodness and regurgitate the perfect gift.
