The images we see or hear described in the movie are vaguely countercultural ( a Santa-with-an-erection cartoon ) , not sick ( Hustler ' s real-life jokes about Betty Ford 's mastectomy ) ; they are soft-core ( centerfold-style nudes ) , not hard-core ( the pictorial of a woman gagged and bound on the top of a car ) .
Santa Claus is a popular story character in the United States .