¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?


"¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?" is a novelty Christmas song. 12-year-old Augie Rios had a hit with the song in 1958 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra. Written by George Scheck, Rod Parker, and Al Greiner, and copyrighted in 1958, the copyright was renewed and is owned by Ragtime Music. The song was originally released on MGM Records' Metro label. The 45 record single was backed with the song "Ol' Fatso."

Other versions

It was also covered by actress Charo in 1978 as well as a Spanish-language version by Mexican TV host Chabelo, El Vez from the album Merry Mex-mas and by the rock band Guster in 2003.
The a cappella men's singing group Straight No Chaser covers the song on their Christmas Cheers CD.
The song is referred to in Cheech and Chong's holiday hit "Santa Claus and His Old Lady". The song appears in the 2011 movie A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and is heard in the 2007 movie Where God Left His Shoes. The song also appears during a Christmas scene in the episode "Los Pepes" in season 2 of the TV series Narcos.
It also features in the 2017 netflix film 'El Camino Christmas'.

Kumbia All Starz version

¿Mamacita, Dónde Está Santa Claus? is a song by A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia All Starz. The song appeared on the fan edition of the album Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz: Fan Edition, released on October 2, 2007. The song was retitled from ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? to ¿Mamacita, Dónde Está Santa Claus?