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# Watch This Supercut of Movie Santas to Get in the Christmas Spirit

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## Video: Here Is an Adorable Compilation of Kids Reacting to Opening Christmas Presents

[Watch (HLS stream): Here Is an Adorable Compilation of Kids Reacting to Opening Christmas Presents](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bphe0Q3F.m3u8) (1:19)

![Here Is an Adorable Compilation of Kids Reacting to Opening Christmas Presents](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bphe0Q3F/poster.jpg?width=720)

_Published 2013-12-20. From jubilant exclamations — "Santa knowed what I wanted for Christmas!" — to earsplitting shrieks, here are some of our favorite reactions._


by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Dec 22, 2015 3:44 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Dec 22, 2015 3:44 PM UTC

Santa Claus is coming to town and to celebrate his imminent arrival, the folks at [Burger Fiction](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZQA0vdUY4ZRzEZ5TFKdNA) have secured themselves a spot on Santa’s good list by putting together a supercut of Santa’s finest cinematic moments. The supercut features some of Saint Nick’s star turns in holiday classics like _Miracle On 34th Street_ and _Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer_ as well as newer Christmastime favorites like _Elf,_ _National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Bad Santa,_ and _A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas_.

Of course, Santa isn’t always the good guy in movies. In Hollywood, the Jolly Old Elf has a serious dark side on occasion and that is represented in the supercut, too. There are clips from _Christmas Evil_, _Santa’s Slay, A Christmas Horror Story,_ and _Black Christmas_, films that are all frightening enough to make you want to shove your stockings, Christmas tree, and presents up the chimney in the hopes of keeping Santa from his visit on Christmas Eve.

Check it out and you’ll be laughing ho-ho-ho until the holidays.

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