Santa's Apprentice (original French title L'Apprenti Père Noel) is a 2010 French-Australian animated Christmas film produced by Gaumont-Alphanim and Flying Bark Productions in association with Avrill Stark Entertainment and Cartoon Saloon.

[2] The film is based on the animated TV series SantApprentice created by Jan Van Rijsselberge.

The film opens in Sydney, Australia with Nicholas and his best friend Felix, gazing at the department store window seeing what Santa's workshop looks like.

The bully, Grincroch, picks on Nicholas that Santa doesn't exist as he asks him that he's afraid of heights.

A day before Christmas Eve, the gifts were accidentally set on fire; Santa's beard was burnt as it was Nicholas's fault.

Felix Receives a letter from the orphanage and he writes to Nicholas to deliver the message at the North Pole.

Grincroch challenges Nicholas to a duel and takes the magic ball to shrink Mrs. Poulmer, the Children, Little Beatrice and Rufus to an ornament size.

Santa convinces the Police officers and Inspector Jeff Samson to prove he was real after his heart was restored and pointing to them that he delivered the toys to them when they were little.

Santa convinces Grincroch to stop making fun and picking on children and to learn to love the parents once he is adopted.

[9] Santa's Apprentice won the UNICEF award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2011.