Rankin Bass The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus

Hey HSWL fans! This episode of Holiday Specials We Love we take on one of the more obscure — and mystical — Rankin/Bass specials: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus from 1985. We talk the opening with immortals, spirits, and endless titles, and how it immediately signals that this one hits different. We talk candy-cane ratings -nine, plus an advent calendar or was it really a bag of circus peanuts? We talk reused puppets, Japanese animation, immortals, whimsy, wizardry and just WHY. We talk the Wizard of Oz connection with a little inside baseball into L. Frank Baum — including his Hollywood home and how far ahead of his time he really was. More inside baseball when we realize the actor who voiced young Santa went on to produce shows we all know and love. Let us know if you are amongst the cult members who watch this one on the regular-we- are not. As always, please give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, find us on Patreon and text us your thoughts at 351-251-2511. Talk Shawtly.

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Rankin Bass The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus is an episode from The Christmas Specials We Love by Maria Menounos, Heal Squad.

This episode is 32:56 long.

This episode was published on Dec 22, 2025.

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