This inexplicable movie-within-a-movie mashup of Santa Claus, Hans Christian Andersen's "Thumbelina" and Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer seems like a drug fueled fan fiction gone awry. It views a lot like that, too. In actuality, it's a prime example of a holiday cash-in gone horribly wrong.
The year was 1972 and the holidays were fast approaching. Lacking a Christmas release, the production company had a great idea. "We've got this Thumbelina film in the can, how can we make it seasonal? I know! We'll shoot some footage of Santa Claus, bookend the existing film (credit sequences and all) and put some kids in mortal danger in the process!"
Many high-fives and a bottle of scotch later, “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” was born.
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