SantApprentice


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 and The Magic Snowflake.

Episodes

  1. What If It's Not Me?
  2. Nicolas' Present
  3. A Long Night
  4. He Doesn't Exist
  5. Nobody's Perfect
  6. Plumped Up for Christmas
  7. Santa's Whim
  8. Nicolas in Charge
  9. The Greatest Secret
  10. Never Happy
  11. First Hat-Bell Exam
  12. Garland Spray
  13. The Secret Door
  14. The Big Exam
  15. Stardust
  16. Blushing Beatrice
  17. And Afterwards?
  18. Snowed Under!
  19. Memory of Christmas
  20. Santa's Fiancée
  21. The Infernal Goatskin
  22. The Mobile
  23. The Old Magician
  24. All Those Little Details
  25. Father Christmas
  26. Santa Playa Club
  27. A Real Family
  28. The Present Monster
  29. Santa's Surprise
  30. Ghost of Christmas
  31. The Unwanted Present
  32. The Lost Bear
  33. Grandma Nicole
  34. The First Toy
  35. A Test! What Test?
  36. The Meteorite
  37. The Reindeers' Secret
  38. So Lucky!
  39. Real Toys
  40. Metal Granny
  41. They've Changed Santa!
  42. Elf Certificate
  43. The Test of the Mammoth
  44. The Melvinelf
  45. Practical Joker
  46. Santa's Fan
  47. O Christmas Tree
  48. A Present for Margaret
  49. The Day Before Christmas
  50. Christmas Peeve

    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.