Malice in the Palace (1949)

American slapstick comedy team, The Three Stooges, made this short subject film in 1949. In this short, the Stooges run a restaurant in the desert where they overhear their customers hatching a plot to rob a precious diamond from the tomb of King Rootintootin. But when they find out that the emir of Schmow has already gotten his hands on the diamond, all three arrive at the emir's palace dressed as Santa Claus, and manage to sneak away with the diamond.