A Trap for Santa Claus is a 1909 one-reel American silent drama film.

A Biograph Company production, it was directed by D. W. Griffith and stars Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, and Gladys Egan.

[1] Arthur Rogers (Walthall) is an unemployed, drunkard husband and father who has no money for a Christmas celebration.

They return to the house to find the son (Tansey) ate their only food: a small loaf of bread.

An attorney stops at Helen's house to tell her of litigations that have cleared, and she is now the beneficiary of her late aunt's estate.

On Christmas Eve, Helen tells the children that Santa Claus will come through the window.

The purpose of the trap is unclear, but a logical conclusion is to make Santa trip and fall, causing a commotion, and thus witness him to prove his existence.