A silent film, from 1898 begins by showing two children being put into bed by a maid, presumably on Christmas Eve. The lights are turned off. A few seconds later, we see Santa Claus enter the ...

The first known depiction of Santa Claus on film dates from 1898 - and you can view the one-minute short on YouTube. Made by George Albert Smith, it is highly technically advanced for the time it ...

The world’s first Christmas movie is 90 seconds long and it’s called Santa Claus, and it came out in 1898. Director John McTiernan said in 2020 that his classic Die Hard from 1988 is a ...