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Santa Claus is Comin' To Town

Original review by Top 100 Christmas Movies · Independent & ad-free

1970 - U - 48 MINS - FAMILY

In a nutshell

Adopted by an elf family named Kringle, young Kris longs to restore the Kringle reputation as toymakers to the King, but the evil Burgermeister Meisterburger has outlawed toys in Sombertown.

Our review

A Santa origin story which continues to hold up well.  A great one for the kids, made more fun by one of the most ridiculously named villains ever.

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