{{Short description|Television series}} {{about|the animated holiday series|the animated film based on the series|Santa's Apprentice}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = | company = Alphanim<br />Europool<br />Startrack Ltd.<br />Hosem<br />Village Productions | creator = Jan Van Rijsselberge | writer = | director = Luc Vinciguerra | creative_director = | developer = | voices = {{Plainlist| *Hélène Bizot *Florence Dumortier *Frédéric Cerdal *Nathalie Bienaimé *Patrick Pellegrin *Jessie Lambotte *Patrick Noérie }} | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = "SantApprentice Theme" performed by Audrey Joelle | endtheme = "SantApprentice Theme" (instrumental) | composer = Laurent Aknin | country = {{Plainlist| *France *Germany }} | language = French | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 50 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Christian Davin * Clément Calvet }} | producer = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 12 minutes<br>26 minutes (episodes 49–50) | channel = | first_aired = {{Start date|2006|11}} | last_aired = {{End date|2006|12|}} }} '''''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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=269}}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite news|title=US deal for French toons|url=http://www.c21media.net/us-deal-for-french-toons/|accessdate=25 April 2015|publisher=C21 Media|date=12 March 2012}}</ref> and on YTV in Canada. France, Germany, Finland,<ref>{{cite news|title=Alphanim makes sales in Asia, Europe|url=http://www.c21media.net/alphanim-makes-sales-in-asia-europe|accessdate=8 April 2015|publisher=C21 Media|date=29 June 2009}}</ref> Scandinavia,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Washington|first1=Ed|title=Alphanim Signs Raft of Television Deals|url=http://www.awn.com/news/alphanim-signs-raft-television-deals|accessdate=26 March 2015|publisher=Animation World Network|date=27 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nickelodeon Scandinavia And Nickelodeon Benelux Pick Up The Broadcast Rights To Alphanim's "Santapprentice" |url=http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2012/09/nickelodeon-scandinavia-and-nickelodeon.html|accessdate=2 December 2015|publisher=NickALive!|date=26 September 2012}}</ref> 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
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|1683311|SantApprentice}} *[https://www.gaumont.com/en/series/santas-apprentice Series profile] at Gaumont *[https://archive.today/20150408151113/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/G/Gaumont/Alphanim/Santapprentice/index.html Show info] at the Big Cartoon Database
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