Performer(s) Appeared in The Winter Warlock, called Winter for short, is a character from the Rankin/Bass Christmas special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town. He starts out as a villain, as he was once unwilling to let anyone pass across the Mountain of the Whispering Wind and go into Sombertown or vice versa to Rainbow River Valley. But after Kris Kringle gives him a toy train, the evil in Winter's heart melts away, resulting in him becoming good. He becomes a vital friend to Kris, giving him land on the Mountain of the Whispering Wind where he and the Kringles can build a new workshop which to build his toys from and make deliveries to Sombertown easier.