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Santa's Workshop is an animated Silly Symphonies short from 1932.

Synopsis[]

The short starts off with some elves cleaning Santa's Sleigh while singing. As their cleaning the sleigh one of the elves mentions that tomorrows Christmas Day. It then cuts to elves getting the reindeer ready for delivering presents. The camera then cuts to Santa opening and reading letters. The first letter he reads is a girl asking for a doll. Santa asks his elf to check the naughty list to see if the girl is on it. The girl isn't because she eats her spinach everyday. The second letter is a boy asking for several things. The elf checks the naughty list and finds that he is naughty because he hasn't washed behind his ears. Santa says he'll give him a bar of soap. The camera then shows several elves making toys, including a summarized version of the making of rocking horses.

The short then shows the making of dolls. Santa approves dolls for shipping, and then spins a toy plane which knocks several toys off a shelf. As this happens, a parade of toys marches into Santa's sack as he carries them to his sleigh, where several elves are cheering him on. Santa and his elves being to sing a goodbye song and the elves wish the audience a Merry Christmas Day.

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Censorship[]

Occasionally censored from the toy approval sequence are two dolls, with the second being a black caricature that says "Mammy!". The uncut version was used in the 1982 print of A Walt Disney Christmas, and on the Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies DVD. The censored version, which does not feature the doll, was used on the 1993 print of A Walt Disney Christmas, the Disney Animation Collection Volume 7: Mickey's Christmas Carol DVD, and on Disney+.

Also removed from Disney+ is a shot in the march involving a dancing Jewish toy.

Releases[]

Television[]

Home video[]

  • A Walt Disney Christmas (VHS/Betamax/CED/Laserdisc)
  • Walt Disney Animation Collection, Volume 7: Mickey's Christmas Carol (DVD) (censored)
  • Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies (DVD) (uncensored)

Streaming[]

  • Disney+, November 12, 2019 (censored)

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

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Sillysymphonylogo
1929
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1930
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1931
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1932
The Bird StoreThe Bears and BeesJust DogsFlowers and TreesKing NeptuneBugs in LoveBabes in the WoodsSanta's Workshop
1933
Birds in the SpringFather Noah's ArkThree Little PigsOld King ColeLullaby LandThe Pied PiperThe Night Before Christmas
1934
The China ShopThe Grasshopper and the AntsFunny Little BunniesThe Big Bad WolfThe Wise Little HenThe Flying MousePeculiar PenguinsThe Goddess of Spring
1935
The Tortoise and the HareThe Golden TouchThe Robber KittenWater BabiesThe Cookie CarnivalWho Killed Cock Robin?Music LandThree Orphan KittensCock o' the WalkBroken Toys
1936
Elmer ElephantThree Little WolvesToby Tortoise ReturnsThree Blind MouseketeersThe Country CousinMother PlutoMore Kittens
1937
Woodland CaféLittle HiawathaThe Old Mill
1938
The Moth and the FlameWynken, Blynken and NodFarmyard SymphonyMerbabiesMother Goose Goes Hollywood
1939
The Practical PigThe Ugly Duckling
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