SantApprentice is an animated television series in 50 episodes of 12 minutes and two 26 minute episodes created by Belgian animator Jan Van Rijsselberge and produced by Alphanim in 2006. The holiday series follows the adventures of Nicolas, a young orphan boy from Sydney, Australia, who is a pure of heart and believes in Santa Claus as he is Santa's Apprentice. Nicolas's job is to achieve his tasks to become full-fledged Santa.
The series spawned two theatrically-released feature-length films: Santa's Apprentice (2010) and The Magic Snowflake (2013).
Episodes What If It's Not Me? Nicolas' Present A Long Night He Doesn't Exist Nobody's Perfect Plumped Up for Christmas Santa's Whim Nicolas in Charge The Greatest Secret Never Happy First Hat-Bell Exam Garland Spray The Secret Door The Big Exam Stardust Blushing Beatrice And Afterwards? Snowed Under! Memory of Christmas Santa's Fiancée The Infernal Goatskin The Mobile The Old Magician All Those Little Details Father Christmas Santa Playa Club A Real Family The Present Monster Santa's Surprise Ghost of Christmas The Unwanted Present The Lost Bear Grandma Nicole The First Toy A Test! What Test? The Meteorite The Reindeers' Secret So Lucky! Real Toys Metal Granny They've Changed Santa! Elf Certificate The Test of the Mammoth The Melvinelf Practical Joker Santa's Fan O Christmas Tree A Present for Margaret The Day Before Christmas (double-length episode) Christmas Peeve (double-length episode)
Broadcast The series has been aired on Starz Kids & Family in the United States and on YTV in Canada. France, Germany, Finland, Scandinavia, Poland and some other countries in Europe as well as Latin America to continue to air the animated TV series during the holiday season. In the Philippines it was aired in November 2009 on ABS-CBN and re-aired in 2014–2015 on Yey. From 2018 to 2020, SantApprentice has been available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. The series is available for viewing on YouTube in both French and English.
See also List of Christmas films Santa Claus in film
References
External links
Series profile at Gaumont at the Big Cartoon Database