Santa Squads
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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. 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 | Speedy | 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 | Speedy | 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 | Speedy | 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 |