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I'd argue true Santa spirit is about giving freely which does against capitalism, and like all four, capitalism will exploit any popular figure. Grinch is antimaterialistic in nature but there's Grinch themed shit everywhere to buy.
Yeah, the other three work, but this does the character of Santa dirty. He's not responsible for his image being exploited for profit any more than Jesus or the Grinch is.
Yeah it really depends on if Santa purchases his presents, or magically clones/copies them.
Hmmm even then it's hard to point it in a particular direction.