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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)

198550mspecialdir. Jules Bass
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a 1985 stop motion animated Christmas television special. It was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, based on the 1902 children's book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, the writer of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The special first aired December 17, 1985 on CBS in the United States. This was Rankin/Bass's final "Animagic" stop motion production with later releases including traditional animation. Notably, this special was an adaptation of a novel and is not connected to the continuity created by previous Rankin/Bass Productions.

Synopsis adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus streams free on CARTOON REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 50m of it.

What year is The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus from?

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus dates from 1985.

Is The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus in the public domain?

This copy is served from the Internet Archive, where it is held as public domain material. Theatrical shorts lapsed into the public domain in large numbers, which is why so much classic animation can be streamed freely and legally.