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Mall Santas
The setup
The premise
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Families arrive at a mall’s Santa village expecting a holiday photograph, but the elf at the entrance insists they choose which Santa they want. One couple reluctantly asks for the white Santa, another escapes by claiming to be Jewish, and a mother avoids the Black Santa because he is busy on a Zoom call. A different mother announces her support for a queer female Santa, then backs away when one appears. As the families’ explanations unravel, the white Santa takes a break and an Arab Santa arrives as his replacement.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 13
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Highly quotable.
Regular as opposed to extra crispy?
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.

Mike DiCenzo
Writer

Jake Nordwind
Writer

Bryan Tucker
Writer

Liz Patrick
Director
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:02
Heidi Gardner
Honey are you excited to meet Santa?
- 00:04
Mikey Day
Oh, you're gonna remember this day for a long time
- 00:08
Mall Elf
Ho ho ho Welcome to Santa's village. Is everyone ready to get their picture taken with the big guy?
- 00:17
Mikey Day
Yep, it's Claire's first time
- 00:20
Mall Elf
This year we're doing something a little special This year we have two Santas to choose from
- 00:28
Ho, ho, ho!
- 00:32
Mikey Day
Oh! Cool!
- 00:36
Mall Elf
all you gotta do is tell me which Santa you want to go to
- 00:41
Mikey Day
I'm sorry what
- 00:44
Mall Elf
which Santa do you want your daughter to get a picture with a picture you'll cherish for the rest of your life
- 00:52
Santa
- 00:56
Mall Elf
so santa number one or Santa number two what is your preference
- 01:02
Mikey Day
I guess I don't know the regular one
- 01:12
Mall Elf
regular regular as opposed to extra crispy you're gonna need to be a little more specific than that
- 01:23
Mikey Day
the white one
- 01:26
Mall Elf
what was that couldn't quite hear you
- 01:29
Mikey Day
we want to see the white Santa Santa Claus, please.
- 01:33
Mall Elf
Oh, that is shocking. Right this way. Who's next?
- 01:39
Ashley Padilla
Hi. Yeah, I'm sorry. Why are there two Santas?
- 01:42
Mall Elf
Well, it's the busiest time of year, and this cuts the wait time in half. Aren't you happy there's two Santas?
- 01:51
Ashley Padilla
Yeah, no, definitely.
- 01:51
Andrew Dismukes
Much more convenient. Thank you for doing this to us.
- 01:55
Mall Elf
Okay, okay, time to decide. What do you want grandma to do with the picture? Do you want her to put it on the fridge or in the garage?
- 02:06
um
- 02:09
Andrew Dismukes
Um, we...
- 02:10
Mall Elf
So which sand is it gonna be?
- 02:12
Andrew Dismukes
We just remembered that we're Jewish. Come on, gang. Baruch atah!
- 02:19
Mall Elf
All right! A-bi-achah! And a lu-wasem into you, too.
- 02:27
Sarah Sherman
Hi, we're here to meet Santa.
- 02:31
Mall Elf
Well, we've got two equally qualified Santas to choose from. Take your pick.
- 02:38
Sarah Sherman
I don't know, they both seem great.
- 02:41
Mall Elf
Well, they're only one, you know, they are, but only one seems to be getting all the work. That's right, one Santa's been busy all day, And the other Santa is so free, he's on a Zoom meeting.
- 02:58
Sarah Sherman
Well, I... Well, I don't want to interrupt his meeting, so we'll just wait for the other one.
- 03:03
Okay, well,
- 03:03
Chloe Fineman
I just want to say, I will be choosing the black Santa. I see you, Blanta.
- 03:12
Black Santa
Blanta is not a thing. Please do not call me that.
- 03:15
Chloe Fineman
I am just so embarrassed by these small-minded people who can't even imagine Santa being anything other than a straight white man. In fact, if there was a queer female Santa, I would choose them.
- 03:31
Mall Elf
Well, you're in luck, because they're here. Say hi to Santa number three.
- 03:38
Queer Santa
Hi. Ho, ho, ho.
- 03:43
Chloe Fineman
Black.
- 03:44
Mall Elf
What's that?
- 03:45
Chloe Fineman
Uh, we'll go with the black one. Thank you. Come on. Let's go see Blanta.
- 03:49
Black Santa
I don't like Blanta at all. I'm gonna go ahead and take my lunch, actually.
- 03:53
Mall Elf
Okay, looks like Santa is going on a break.
- 03:56
Whoo! Yes!
- 03:58
Mall Elf
Well, don't clap yet, because it's time to bring out our backup. Everyone, welcome Arab Santa.
- 04:06
Arab Santa
Keefak marhaba and, uh, ho, ho, ho.
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