Cast & Crew

Directed by

Matt Lappin
Tim Luecke
Jim Hoskinson
(director: Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

Writing Credits

Matt Lappin
(written by) and
Tim Luecke
(written by) and
Jay Katsir
(written by) and
Ariel Dumas
(written by)

Cast

Peter Stormare
Vladimir Putin
Tim Luecke
Santa Claus / Bumble (voice)
Stephen Colbert
Wolf Blitzer
Jeff Bergman
Joe Biden
Matthew Friend
Tucker Carlson / Mitch McConnell (voice) (as Matt Friend)
Jill Bartlett
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Matt Lappin
Gumdrop
Nadirah Simmons
Cookie
Anndi McAfee
Rudolph
Ariel Dumas
Muffin / Mrs. Claus (voice)
Jay Katsir
Jingle / Russian Soldier (voice)
Mabel Lappin
Child 1
Rafael Max Clark Cohen
Child 2
Mira Starr Clark Cohen
Child 3
Eli Katsir
Child 4
Ezra Katsir
Child 5
Alex Long
Child 6
Eva Marko
Child 7
Madelyn Wager
Child 8
Jonah Meyerson
Russian Crowd

Produced by

Tanya Bracco
co-executive producer
Stephen Colbert
executive producer (as Stephen T. Colbert)
Bruce Knapp
line producer (as Bruce P. Knapp)
Matt Lappin
co-executive producer
Jonah Meyerson
producer
Tom Purcell
executive producer
Denise C. Rehrig
co-executive producer (as Denise Rehrig)

Sound Department

Chelsey Cohen
audio recording engineer
Matt Kulewicz
sound designer / sound mix

Visual Effects by

Brian Maffitt
visual effects
Mack Williams
visual effects

Animation Department

Greg Barry
drawn animation
Jon Bershad
ch rigging
Stephen A. Brooks
digital animation (as Stephen Brooks)
Scott Brundage
character design
Mike Burns
background design
Rob Chandler
character design
Sam Chitacapa
character design (as Samantha Chitacapa)
Dale Clowdis
digital animation
V.J. Comando
background design (as V J Comando)
Charlie Cooper
character design
Chloé Cristina
drawn animation
Pedro Delgado
character design
Max Esby
digital animation
Lynn Fong
drawn animation
Katerina Frakine
digital animation (as Katya Frakine)
Keith Garces
digital animation
Tristian Goik
ch rigging
Emma Green
ch rigging
Garrett Hagen
drawn animation
Brett Hall
assistant animation director
Rachel Heller
compositing
Meaghan Horner
digital animation
Sal Iaccarino
after effects rigging
Namkyung Kim
drawn animation
Nikki Knight
drawn animation
Andres Kwon
drawn animation
Sig Lambrento
character design
Zach Leo
digital animation (as Zachary Leo)
Brian Martin
drawn animation
Todd McArthur
background design (as Todd Mcarthur)
Dan McCool
digital animation
Stephen Mead
digital animation
Jimmy O'Neil
ch rigging
David Pagano
digital animation
Joey Perez
digital animation
Robert Powers
digital animation
Richard Roses
ch rigging (as Rich Roses)
David Saracino
character design
Kevin Scarborough
background design
Danny Schwartz
character design
Caleb Therron
storyboard
Ronlee Vrhovec
digital animation
Lauren Wendell
background design
Matt Witham
digital animation

Music Department

Dan White
tenor saxophone

Additional Crew

Kristiana Marcon
pipeline software developer
Druanna Pegg
media manager
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