"Excuse me, I'd just like to ask a question. What does [Santa] need with a starship?"

Apart from that niche, will it go the way of the (historical) mastodon? 😉

Closest thing I can think of are the prologues in Night in the Woods and Firewatch, and even then that's 1)a stretch and 2)not actually answering your question.

Agreed it's a cool idea! Very improv informed.