Santa Claus

1898
1m

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Brother and sister are sent to bed on Christmas Eve, and while they are asleep, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills their waiting stockings with toys.Brother and sister are sent to bed on Christmas Eve, and while they are asleep, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills their waiting stockings with toys.Brother and sister are sent to bed on Christmas Eve, and while they are asleep, Santa Claus comes down the chimney and fills their waiting stockings with toys.

Director
- George Albert Smith
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6.4/10

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Director
- George Albert Smith
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The earliest known film appearance of Santa Claus.

Goofs
When the maid turns off the light in the children's room, there is an obvious jump cut with the children's room set covered in black cloth to simulate darkness.

Connections
Featured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996)

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Nice Film with a Different Looking Santa

Santa Claus (1898)

*** (out of 4)

This early British film is one of the first to show Santa Claus. The film is pretty simple as a couple kids want to stay up to see Santa but their mom makes them go to bed. We then see how Santa gets into their room without waking them up. This film runs 75-seconds so naturally one shouldn't expect a full story but it's interesting to note that they were at least trying to tell something and this is a full five years before THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. What's interesting when viewing this film today is the look of Santa as they have him a lot thinner than we are use to see and he's also wearing more of a robe than an actual suit. The special effects used in the film are certainly primitive if you compare them to the stuff of today but for 1898 they're actually pretty good. I thought the effect of the mother turning the light off was something incredibly simple but the visual of it was terrific.