SantApprentice

SantApprentice

Company type	Television series
Industry	Animation
Founded	2006
Founder	Jan Van Rijsselberge
Products	Animated TV show, feature films
Parent	Alphanim

SantApprentice is a 2006 animated TV show developed by Belgian creator Jan Van Rijsselberge and produced by Alphanim. The series features 50 episodes, each lasting 12 minutes, along with two extended episodes of 26 minutes. It centers on Nicolas, a kindhearted orphan living in Sydney, Australia, who embarks on a journey to become Santa Claus's trainee by undertaking various challenges.

The brand was further developed through two feature films: Santa's Apprentice released in 2010 and The Magic Snowflake in 2013.

Episodes

1. What If It's Not Me?
2. Nicolas' Present
3. A Long Night
4. He Doesn't Exist
5. Nobody's Perfect
6. Plumped Up for Christmas
7. Santa's Whim
8. Nicolas in Charge
9. The Greatest Secret
10. Never Happy
11. First Hat-Bell Exam
12. Garland Spray
13. The Secret Door
14. The Big Exam
15. Stardust
16. Blushing Beatrice
17. And Afterwards?
18. Snowed Under!
19. Memory of Christmas
20. Santa's Fiancée
21. The Infernal Goatskin
22. The Mobile
23. The Old Magician
24. All Those Little Details
25. Father Christmas
26. Santa Playa Club
27. A Real Family
28. The Present Monster
29. Santa's Surprise
30. Ghost of Christmas
31. The Unwanted Present
32. The Lost Bear
33. Grandma Nicole
34. The First Toy
35. A Test! What Test?
36. The Meteorite
37. The Reindeers' Secret
38. So Lucky!
39. Real Toys
40. Metal Granny
41. They've Changed Santa!
42. Elf Certificate
43. The Test of the Mammoth
44. The Melvinelf
45. Practical Joker
46. Santa's Fan
47. O Christmas Tree
48. A Present for Margaret
49. The Day Before Christmas (double-length episode)
50. Christmas Peeve (double-length episode)

Broadcast

In the United States, the show was broadcast on Starz Kids & Family, while in Canada it aired on YTV. The series also reached audiences in France, Germany, Finland, Scandinavia, Poland, and other European nations, as well as Latin America during the holiday period. In the Philippines, it debuted on ABS-CBN in November 2009 and was subsequently rerun on Yey between 2014 and 2015. From 2018 through 2020, SantApprentice was available via streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Currently, the series can be viewed on YouTube with versions in both French and English.

See also

• List of Christmas films
• Santa Claus in film

External links

• Series profile at Gaumont
• Show info at the Big Cartoon Database