Cartoon
SantApprentice
The story
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 (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 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.