Santa Squads

In the 2021 Christmas Special, Save Santa Squad, Matt, Chris and perennial holiday guest Matt Fraction picked a team of 8 holiday characters to rescue Santa Claus from a kidnapping. The first seven roles are based on the Justice League, while the final Flex category comes from the James Bonding Podcast's Bond draft. Repeating the gimmick form 2020, they did so via a snake draft. Wilson went first, then Sims, then Fraction, continuing boustrophedonically. Here are their choices, in the order they picked them:

Matt Wilson's Picks

Round	Role	Character
1	Heart	Linus from A Charlie Brown Christmas
2	Leader	Jingle Belle by Paul Dini
3	Speedster	Hardrock from Hardrock, Coco and Joe
4	Muscle	The Yule Cat
5	Technician	Charles Dickens, The Man Who Invented Christmas
6	Wildcard	Ho Ho the Elf, as portrayed by Lauren Lapkus
7	Strategist	Kevin McAllister (adult form)
8	Flex	Mariah Carey

Chris Sims's Picks

Round	Role	Character
1	Leader	Scrooge McDuck
2	Strategist	Holly Gennaro McClane
3	Heart	Emmet Otter on Washtub Bass
4	Technician	Virgie Hanlon from Yes, Virginia, There is a SANTRON
5	Muscle	The Christmas Creature, portrayed by Glenn "Kane" Jacobs
6	Speedster	Kaito from Sweet Rein
7	Wildcard	Mark as portrayed by Andrew Lincoln in Love Actually
8	Flex	Samus Aran

Matt Fraction's Picks

Round	Role	Character
1	Heart	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Darlene Love
2	Speedster	John Blakely and Robert John playing guitar on Donner and Blitzen from Rob Halford's Christmas album Celestial
3	Strategist	Backdoor Santa from the Clarence Carter song
4	Wildcard	Three Icelandic Yule Lads :Sausage Swiper, Doorway Sniffer and Window Peeper
5	Muscle	Lt. Fuller portrayed by John Saxon in Black Christmas
6	Leader	Mrs. Claus portrayed by Shirley Booth in The Year Without a Santa Claus
7	Technician	The Old Man Parker when he fixes the boiler in A Christmas Story
8	Flex	James Bond portrayed by George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service