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.
[1] 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.
The series spawned two theatrically-released feature-length films: Santa's Apprentice (2010) and The Magic Snowflake (2013).
The series has been aired on Starz Kids & Family in the United States[2] and on YTV in Canada.
France, Germany, Finland,[3] Scandinavia,[4][5] Poland and some other countries in Europe as well as Latin America to continue to air the animated TV series during the holiday season.