Father Christmas (Raymond Briggs)

Father Christmas is the main protagonist of the 1973 Raymond Briggs book of the same name and it's 1975 sequel Father Christmas Goes On Holiday. He is also the protagonist of the 1991 short film Father Christmas (which is based on both the books) and serves as a minor character in the 1982 short film The Snowman and it's 2012 sequel The Snowman and The Snowdog.

He was voiced by the late English comedian and actor Mel Smith.

He is based on the Christmas figure Santa Claus. However unlike most incarnations of the character, Father Christmas is unmarried, does not have elves and does not live in the North Pole, instead he lives in a village in England and makes all of the presents himself. This incarnation also doesn't have nine reindeer, instead he has only two, which are unnamed. Besides his reindeer, Father Christmas's other pets are his cat and dog.