--- title: Watch Santa Chris Pratt Grill Naughty Elf Jimmy Fallon description: The 'Passengers' actor stopped by the 'Tonight Show' and suited up as Santa Claus in a zany Mad Lib Theater skit with host Jimmy Fallon. canonical: https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-07T17:31:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:15.594Z og:title: Watch Santa Chris Pratt Grill Naughty Elf Jimmy Fallon og:description: The 'Passengers' actor stopped by Fallon's show for a zany Mad Lib sketch. og:url: https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Santa Chris Pratt Grill Naughty Elf Jimmy Fallon twitter:description: The 'Passengers' actor stopped by Fallon's show for a zany Mad Lib sketch. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Pratt Was Born to Be the Santa Claus to Jimmy Fallon's Naughty Elf  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 7, 2016 5:31 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 7, 2016 5:31 PM UTC In a new [“Mad Lib Theater” skit](http://time.com/4558451/benedict-cumberbatch-jimmy-fallon-mad-lib-theater/?iid=sr-link1) on Tuesday’s episode of _The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_, [actor Chris Pratt](http://time.com/4588775/chris-pratt-jennifer-lawrence-passengers-photos/?iid=sr-link1) and host Fallon have a blast re-enacting a very messed-up encounter between none other than Santa Claus and one of his elves. [_Passengers_ star](http://time.com/4500938/jennifer-lawrence-chris-pratt-passengers-trailer/?iid=sr-link2) Pratt has no idea what he’s getting into as Fallon asks him for various words and descriptors to fill out their Mad Lib sketch, offering up suitably bizarre fillers (Name for an animal: “Pickles!” Adjective: “Demure!” One-syllable noise: “Uhhhh…”) to make the scene come alive. The action really gets going at 3:36 in the video, when the two suit up in their respective holiday-themed outfits to act out the zany skit. Takeaway: Chris Pratt has an excellent Santa voice, and Fallon has been quite a naughty elf this year. Watch above. Watch Santa Chris Pratt Grill Naughty Elf Jimmy Fallon ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/"},"headline":"Chris Pratt Was Born to Be the Santa Claus to Jimmy Fallon's Naughty Elf","datePublished":"2016-12-07T17:31:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:15.594Z","description":"\"I was counting my toys and was one 'doinker' short. I believe you stole it!\"","url":"https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/","name":"Chris Pratt Was Born to Be the Santa Claus to Jimmy Fallon's Naughty Elf"}}]}] ```