Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop
Directed by	Wilfred Jackson
Produced by	Walt Disney
Music by	Frank Churchill
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	United Artists
Released	December 30, 1932
Running time	6:37
Language	English
Preceded by	Babes in the Woods
Followed by	Birds in the Spring

Santa's Workshop is an animated short from 1932.

Synopsis

Santa reads off the list of good or bad boys and girls while the elves go about constructing the toys and making things ready for Santa's trip.

Characters

• Santa Claus (voiced by Allan Watson)
• Elves (voiced by Pinto Colvig and Walt Disney)

Censorship

Most television prints remove Santa approving the dolls for shipping, no doubt because the last doll was a black caricature who says "Mammy!". It was also removed from A Walt Disney Christmas VHS, the Disney Animation Collection Volume 7: Mickey's Christmas Carol DVD and on Disney+. The scene was restored on the Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies DVD.

Trivia

• The Walt Disney Christmas VHS of this cartoon uses the burlap opening and closing titles. The original opening and closing titles were resorted for the cartoon's DVD release of Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies.
• The toys include various ethnic stereotypes, as well as one of famed film star Charlie Chaplain being chased by a cop. A Mickey Mouse toy is likewise seen in Santa's bag near the end.

Releases

Television

• The Mickey Mouse Club, December 22, 1955
• The Mickey Mouse Club, December 21, 1956
• Walt Disney Presents, episode #5.12: "From All of Us to All of You"
• A Disney Channel Christmas
• Treasures from the Disney Vault, December 21, 2014

Home video

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

Gallery

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Reissue title card

See also

• Santa's Workshop at the Christmas Specials Wiki

References

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1929 The Skeleton Dance • El Terrible Toreador • Springtime • Hell's Bells • The Merry Dwarfs 1930 Summer • Autumn • Cannibal Capers • Frolicking Fish • Arctic Antics • Midnight in a Toy Shop • Night • Monkey Melodies • Winter • Playful Pan 1931 Birds of a Feather • Mother Goose Melodies • The China Plate • The Busy Beavers • The Cat's Out • Egyptian Melodies • The Clock Store • The Spider and the Fly • The Fox Hunt (1931 short) • The Ugly Duckling (1931) 1932 The Bird Store • The Bears and Bees • Just Dogs • Flowers and Trees • King Neptune • Bugs in Love • Babes in the Woods • Santa's Workshop 1933 Birds in the Spring • Father Noah's Ark • Three Little Pigs • Old King Cole • Lullaby Land • The Pied Piper • The Night Before Christmas 1934 The China Shop • The Grasshopper and the Ants • Funny Little Bunnies • The Big Bad Wolf • The Wise Little Hen • The Flying Mouse • Peculiar Penguins • The Goddess of Spring 1935 The Tortoise and the Hare • The Golden Touch • The Robber Kitten • Water Babies • The Cookie Carnival • Who Killed Cock Robin? • Music Land • Three Orphan Kittens • Cock o' the Walk • Broken Toys 1936 Elmer Elephant • Three Little Wolves • Toby Tortoise Returns • Three Blind Mouseketeers • The Country Cousin • Mother Pluto • More Kittens 1937 Woodland Café • Little Hiawatha • The Old Mill 1938 The Moth and the Flame • Wynken, Blynken and Nod • Farmyard Symphony • Merbabies • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood 1939 The Practical Pig • The Ugly Duckling