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Santa Claus The Movie: Special Edition
MSMB ^ | December 23, 2025 | Rob W. Case

Posted on 12/24/2025 7:38:35 PM PST by Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]

Christmas has with it a special mood attached to it. Either that mood reflects a fantasy-based perspective, or it has a deeply profound and serious one. In the 1970’s an independent French Film Producer by the name of Alexander Salkind in partnership with his son, Ilya, decided to go way bigger in their movie-making ambitions, by financing big film projects in America by taking American staples and making them big budget films.

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40 years ago, this colorful Christmas film was released, hoping to bring to life, the Americanized version of a famous character with his own origin story. The idea was to create an iconic Christmas film that would gain interest with each year around Christmas.
1 posted on 12/24/2025 7:38:35 PM PST by Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]
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To: Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]

Is this about the MST3K classic?


2 posted on 12/24/2025 8:24:51 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]

https://watch.plex.tv/movie/santa-claus-1985

https://tubitv.com/movies/666433/santa-claus-the-movie

There it is to watch free (these apps are also on smart devices like Roku for the TV).


3 posted on 12/24/2025 8:28:43 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]

Saw this on its opening weekend in the theaters. A very under-rated film.


4 posted on 12/24/2025 8:33:23 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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i remember when it was released and i kept saying “i gotta see it” yet never did.....its amazing how it fell by the wayside- i’ve NEVER seen it on TV with all the other holiday movies that run 24/7 in December....


5 posted on 12/25/2025 12:42:46 AM PST by God luvs America
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To: Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]
Stop spamming this site with links to your movie website!

Regards,

6 posted on 12/25/2025 12:42:48 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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