Continuing our tradition of repeats, we return again to L. Frank Baum's forest of Burzee and its strange inhabitants. The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (dir. Glen Hill) differs from the Rankin-Bass version in a number of ways. As it's a fair bit longer, it gets to spend a little more time developing St. Nick's journey into becoming a toymaker. In other ways, it borrows heavily from the imagery of the earlier film.
Although the animation is rather cheap and sometimes a little difficult to look at for prolonged periods, the background paintings are very pretty, and the music is also nice. I enjoy the pagan undertones of this story, which mark a bit of a departure from most Christmas stories.
Not bad at all. I definitely recommend it for someone looking for something a little different for their yearly Christmas films.
7/10
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