# Santa In Animal Land (1948)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [December 25, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143 "2024-12-25T04:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143/1 "2024-12-25T04:58:45Z")

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[_Santa In Animal Land_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZGjVIlPICI) (1948) just played on TCM. I have to say… Children’s’ entertainment in the '40s was… bizarre. In the short, animals realise there is no Santa Clause for animals, so Kitty and another animal go in search of Santa. Very weird puppetry. Actually, it kind of reminds mr of _Mister Rogers_, only more crude and weird. From my perspective, I think I’d be freaked out seeing this as a kid. From a kid in 1948, I think the puppetry might have just been normal.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143/2 "2024-12-25T06:22:26Z")

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Another Creepy Classic is playing on TCM now: [_A Visit To Santa_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlkthFO2HuA) (1963). Actually, it’s not as bizarre as the film in the OP, but it’s still weird.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143/3 "2025-12-24T21:50:08Z")

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Bump, because this weird film was TCM this morning.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143/4 "2025-12-25T18:49:04Z")

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Holy Shit! They squeezed this in after _A Christmas Carol_ last night. Awful by any metric. Those “puppets” were hideous, the voice acting was dreadful. Story? Wasn’t really one.

That was a pretty weak effort.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-in-animal-land-1948/1012143/5 "2025-12-25T18:58:19Z")

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In other words… ‘Brilliant!’ 🤣

It was supposed to be a cute, serious, effort when it was made. Now, it’s so bad, it’s good. It would be perfect for viewing while under the influence of something stronger than alcohol. 😆