A real-life Grinch was caught on camera shamelessly snatching presents from under a Christmas tree inside a California family’s home Monday.

The burglar was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt when he was captured on the Huntington Beach family’s home security camera — earning the nickname the “Santa impostor” from the family’s children, KTLA reported.

The brazen robbery was carried out while the couple was at work and their children, ages 6 and 3, were both at school.

Footage shows the burglar carrying what appears to be a laundry hamper, which he fills with gifts placed under the tree for the family’s children to open on Christmas morning.

The thief, seen in footage with a beard and wearing a red sweatshirt and light gray sweatpants, reportedly broke into the family home through a back sliding door

In between filling the hamper with gifts, the burglar can be seen peering outside a front window to check if anyone is coming toward the house.

Over a thousand dollars worth of possessions were taken from the home, the couple said.

Among the things taken were two iPads, a camera and jewelry.

“We can replace those things but just to have my kids experience that and know what happened … it’s a little sad for us,” one of the homeowners said. 

The family said they did not recognize the suspect and that in the 12 years that they have lived there, they have never heard of homes being broken into.

Police are searching for the suspect.