"Santa's Surprise" is an 8.5-minute cartoon from 1947, so this one has its 70th anniversary this year. The names of director Seymour Kneitel and voice actors Mercer and Questel may be known to those who love animated (short) films from the old days, the Golden Age of Animation. This one here is a little work for Christmas and the tables are turned as a gang of kids gets the presents to Santa this time and they come from all kinds of different places as you see from their looks and skin colors. This is basically all the story that is to it. The introduction to Santa in the first 2 minutes felt really random and the story overall was a bit thin here. This Little Audrey film by Famous Studios never really makes an impact, even if it admittedly gets a bit better after the first 2 minutes, mostly because the character animation for the kids is way better than Santa's. But the plot is never really on an interesting level and even the music is underwhelming. Quite a shame. This could have been much better with more attention to detail as the general idea is fairly solid. I give this one a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
Review of Santa's Surprise
