John Goodman

John Stephen Goodman is an American actor who provided the voice of the Robot Santa Claus in "Xmas Story". He is most famous for his role as Dan on the ABC sitcom  and for being the third most frequent host on the NBC sketch show w|Saturday Night Live (after Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin), hosting 12 times (with a thirteenth coming in December 2013).

He was intended to voice Robot Santa after "Xmas Story"; however he had scheduling problems returning for his character and so Santa's second appearance, in "A Tale of Two Santas", was done by John DiMaggio who took over the role.