"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" is a short story written by L. Frank Baum and published in The Delineator in December 1904. It is a continuation of the story set forth in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, telling how Santa Claus was kidnapped by the Daemons in a plan to make children unhappy. The story was illustrated by Frederick Richardson, who also illustrated Baum's Queen Zixi of Ix a year later. It has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful stories," and constitutes a notable contribution to the mythology of Christmas.