"Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a Christmas song originally written and performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Oakley Haldeman. Autry's original version was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be covered many times in the subsequent decades. In 1997, The Wiggles recorded their rendition of the song for the Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas video, although it didn't appear on the album itself. As a result, a mascot character, Dorothy the Dinosaur, appeared in the rendition video.