Screw Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. I've found a new holiday mascot to burn gingerbread effigies before. His name is Raptor Santa Claus, he's from Japan, and he's a damn robot.
I was first introduced to my new Christmas overlord over at Plastic Pals' Japanese holiday robot round-up. He's part of the Kokoro corporation's stable of animatronic dinosaurs. I want him to travel the world on a sleigh made of bones and scream Japanese profanity down the chimneys of houses where bad children dwell. He's my second favorite Christmas figure this side of Krampus.
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Here are some other Christmas robots from Japan. This is Keio University's delivery robot, MKR-003 and a spider-like Roboyan climbing droid in Osaka.