Santa's Workshop (film) facts for kids
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| Directed by | Wilfred Jackson |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Allan Watson-Santa Claus Pinto Colvig-Santa’s Secretary Walt Disney-Elf Frank Geiger |
| Music by | Frank Churchill |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1932 (United States) |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Santa's Workshop is a Disney short film directed by Wilfred Jackson, first released on December 10, 1932 in the Silly Symphonies series. The film features Santa Claus and his elves preparing for Christmas in Santa's workshop. A sequel, The Night Before Christmas, partially based on the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", was made the year after, portraying Santa leaving the toys in a house with nine children.
In Sweden and Norway, Santa's Workshop is part of the Christmas television special From All of Us to All of You, traditionally shown on Christmas Eve. At the initiative of Disney, scenes depicting various ethnic stereotypes such as a pickaninny doll have been cut out of the film, which has given rise to a lot of public criticism in Sweden.
Santa's Workshop is the first "Silly Symphonies" titled cartoon to develop with RCA's Photophone synchronization early-in-film sound system.
The short features the first of the Marches Militaires by Franz Schubert.
Voice cast
- Santa Claus: Walter Geiger
- Deep-voice gnome: Jesse Delos Jewkes
- Santa's secretary: Pinto Colvig
- Santa's second helper: Walt Disney
Home media
The short was featured on early VHS releases of A Walt Disney Christmas, which featured the uncut scene with the blackface doll.
The short was released on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two in the "From the Vault" section, because of the blackface doll.
The short was remastered in HD and released on Disney+ on November 12, 2019, with the blackface doll scene removed. It was originally claimed by Disney+ that the short was presented as originally released, but this claim has since been removed from the streaming service.
See also
- List of Christmas films
- Santa Claus in film
