How tall is Santa? Santa’s height varies according to who what he is doing at the time. Santa is much shorter when he wanders the fell hillsides to pick berries or talks with small children, and he’s much taller when he is looking out to the horizon or staring at the starry skies. However, one thing we do know for certain: Santa Claus is taller than the tallest elf, but shorter than the oldest grandest pine trees in Lapland.